Establishment of Export Inspection Council
Section 3 of the Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963 deals with establishment of Export Inspection Council. The Central Government may by notification in the Official Gazette, establish, with effect from such date as may be specified in the notification, a Council to be known as the Export Inspection Council, which shall consist of-- (a) a Chairman to be appointed by the Central Government; The Act came into force on 01 Jan 1964.
(1) The Central Government may by notification in the Official Gazette, establish, with effect from such date as may be specified in the notification, a Council to be known as the Export Inspection Council, which shall consist of--
(a) a Chairman to be appointed by the Central Government;
(b) the Director of Inspection and Quality Control, ex officio, who shall be the Secretary;
(c) the Honorary Adviser on Standardization to the Government of India and Director of Indian Standards Institution, ex officio;
(d) the Agricultural Marketing Advisor to the Government of India, ex officio;
(e) the Director General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics, ex officio;
(f) 4[fifteen] other members nominated by the Central Government three of whom shall be persons representing the agencies referred to in section 7.
(2) The Council shall be a body corporate by the name aforesaid, having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property and to contract, and shall by the said name sue and be sued.
(3) The term of office of, and the manner of filling casual vacancies among, the members of the Council referred to in clauses (a) and (f) of sub-section (1) and the travelling and daily allowances payable to the members of the Council and the procedure to be followed in the discharge of its functions by the Council shall be such as may be prescribed.
(4) No act or proceeding of the Council shall be invalidated merely by reason of any vacancy in, or any defect in the Constitution of, the Council.
(5) Subject to such rules as may be made by the Central Government in this behalf, the Council may appoint such officers and other employees as it considers necessary for the purpose of discharging its functions under this Act.
Section 3, The Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963 (Act 22 of 1963).
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Related judgements & precedents
These are some judgments that construed this section, and hold precedence value. They hold authority on how to read, interpret and use this section.
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Union of India / Export Inspection Council of India v. Madhukar Arjun Sapkale
Court's Decision & Legal Precedent
Bom HC DB identified Export Inspection Council as a statutory body constituted under the Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963 (Ministry of Commerce). On that footing the Council is an industry/instrumentality for Industrial Disputes Act regularization; Uma Devi cannot be applied mechanically where appointments were not pleaded as illegal and workmen served 10+ years in vacancies. Employer appeals dismissed.
On this section: Applied s.3: EIC is the statutory Council established under the 1963 Act and is the proper statutory employer/authority in service regularization disputes.
The holding above is the ratio decidendi as extracted from the judgment by eCourts India, reproduced unaltered — it is a rendering of the court's reasoning, not a substitute for its words. Read the order itself before relying on it.
Made under this section, and citing it
2 instruments state that it was made under this provision — the power to make it comes from here, so a change to any of them changes what this section requires in practice. Newest first.
Another 30 instruments name this provision in its title or its text without being made under it.
- S.O.3523 and S.O.3524 dated 28-11-2013-S (FEED ADDITIVES)Notification 2013
- S.O.725 and S.O.726 dated 03-04-2012-S (CRUSHED BONES)Notification 2012
- S.O.1397 dated 24-04-2007-S (MILK PRODUCTS)Notification 2007
- S.O.1227 dated 31-07-2006-S (FISH)Notification 2006
- S.O.1139 dated 26-04-2004-S (basmati)Notification 2004
- S.O.1245 dated 14-05-2004-S (HONEY)Notification 2004
- S.O. 490 dated 02-05-2003-S (FISH)Notification 2003
- S.O.1227 dated 23-10-2003-S (FISH)Notification 2003
- S.O.1441 dated 19-12-2003-S (HONEY)Notification 2003
- S.O.1442 dated 19-12-2003-S (egg products)Notification 2003
- S.O.1443 dated 19-12-2003-S (egg products)Notification 2003
- S.O.1444 dated 19-12-2003-S (HONEY)Notification 2003
- S.O.464 dated 24-04-2003-S (FISH)Notification 2003
- S.O.67 and S.O.68 dated 23-01-2003-S (basmati)Notification 2003
- S.O.276 and S.O.277 dated 04-03-2002-S (HONEY)Notification 2002
- S.O.415 dated 11-04-2002-S (FISH)Notification 2002
- S.O.477 and S.O.478 dated 01-05-2002-S (FISH)Notification 2002
- S.O.722 dated 10-07-2002-S (FISH)Notification 2002
- S.O.No.3719 dated 30-11-2002-S (MILK PRODUCTS)Notification 2002
- S.O.792 dated 17-08-2001-S (FISH)Notification 2001
- S.O.2719 and S.O.2720 dated 28-11-2000-S (MILK PRODUCTS)Notification 2000
- S.O.2077 and S.O.2078 dated 04-08-1997-S (egg products)Notification 1997
- S.O.2947 and S.O.2948 dated 03-11-1997-S (animal casing)Notification 1997
- S.O 729 and S.O.730 dated 21-08-1995-S (FISH)Notification 1995
- S.O.2680 and 2681 dated 22-09-1995-S (PROCESSED MEAT)Notification 1995
- GSR 311 dated 31-05-1993-S (EIC/EIA CCA)Notification 1993
- S.O. 202, 203, 204 dated 15-01-1993 and S.O.205 dated 25-01-1993 (RAW MEAT)Notification 1993
- S.O. No. 245 dated 07-03-1988-S (black pepper)Notification 1988
- S.O. 1019 and 1020 dated 19-04-1980-S (EIC/EIA CCA)Notification 1980
- The Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Rules, 1964Rule 1964
Questions about Section 3
What have the courts held on Section 3 of the Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act?
Union of India / Export Inspection Council of India v. Madhukar Arjun Sapkale (13 Oct 2008) is the leading judgment on this section among those set out below: Applied s.3: EIC is the statutory Council established under the 1963 Act and is the proper statutory employer/authority in service regularization disputes.
How do I find court cases under Section 3 of the Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act?
In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act 3, section 3 Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, section 3 of the Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome. 1 reported judgment on this section is set out on this page, beginning with Union of India / Export Inspection Council of India v. Madhukar Arjun Sapkale (13 Oct 2008).
What should I read with Section 3 of the Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, and has it changed?
Its own text turns on section 7 (Machinery for quality control and inspection), so none of them can safely be read on its own. 1 other provision in this corpus refers back to it. The rules and notifications made under it are where it actually bites, and there are 2: most recently S.O.3352 and 3353 dated 28-10-2016-S (FRUITS N VEGETABLES) (2016), then S.O.3023 and S.O.3024 dated 28-12-2012-S (RAW MEAT) (2012).
When did Section 3 of the Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act come into force?
Section 3 of the Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, cited as Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act 3, came into force on 01 Jan 1964, having been enacted on 24 Aug 1963. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
Other sections of this Act
- 10C. Power to seize commodities, etc600 words
- 7. Machinery for quality control and inspection470 words
- 17. Power to make rules374 words
- 10M. Appeal332 words
- 11B. Offences by officers and employees of agency, etc297 words
- 10. Finance, accounts and audit262 words
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