law: The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 
  Chapter II National
  
  Board for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
  3. Establishment of
  
  Board.-
  1.     
  
    With
  
  effect from such date as the Central Government may, by notification, appoint,
  
  there shall be established, for the purposes of this Act, a Board to be known
  
  as the National Board for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
  2.     
  
    The
  
  head office of the Board shall be at Delhi.
  3.     
  
    The
  
  Board shall consist of the following members, namely:
  a.      the Minister in
  
  charge of the Ministry or Department of the Central Government having
  
  administrative control of the micro, small and medium enterprises who shall be
  
  the ex officio Chairperson of the Board;
  b.     the Minister of State
  
  or a Deputy Minister, if any, in the Ministry or Department of the Central
  
  Government having administrative control of the micro, small and medium
  
  enterprises who shall be ex officio Vice-Chairperson of the Board, and where
  
  there is no such Minister of State or Deputy Minister, such person as may be
  
  appointed by the Central Government to be the Vice-Chairperson of the Board;
  c.      six Ministers of the
  
  State Governments having administrative control of the departments of small
  
  scale industries or, as the case may be, micro, small and medium enterprises,
  
  to be appointed by the Central Government to represent such regions of the
  
  country as may be notified by the Central Government in this behalf, ex
  
  officio;
  d.     three Members of
  
  Parliament of whom two shall be elected by the House of the People and one by
  
  the Council of States;
  e.      the Administrator of
  
  a Union territory to be appointed by the Central Government, ex officio;
  f.      the Secretary to the
  
  Government of India in charge of the Ministry or Department of the Central
  
  Government having administrative control of the micro, small and medium
  
  enterprises, ex officio;
  g.     four Secretaries to
  
  the Government of India, to represent the Ministries of the Central Government
  
  dealing with commerce and industry, finance, food processing industries, labour
  
  and planning to be appointed by the Central Government, ex officio;
  h.      the Chairman of the
  
  Board of Directors of the National Bank, ex officio;
  i.       the chairman and
  
  managing director of the Board of Directors of the Small Industries Bank, ex
  
  officio;
  j.       the chairman, Indian
  
  Banks Association, ex officio;
  k.      one officer of the
  
  Reserve Bank, not below the rank of an Executive Director; to be appointed by
  
  the Central Government to represent the Reserve Bank;
  l.       twenty persons to
  
  represent the associations of micro, small and midium enterprises, including
  
  not less than three persons representing associations of women's enterprises
  
  and not less than three persons representing associations of micro enterprises,
  
  to be appointed by the Central Government;
  m.    three persons of
  
  eminence, one each from the fileds of economics, industry and science and
  
  technology, not less than one of whom shall be a woman, to be appointed by the
  
  Central Goverment; and
  n.      two representatives
  
  of Central Trade Union Organisations, to be appointed by the Central
  
  Government; and
  o.     one officer not below
  
  the rank of Joint Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry or
  
  Department of the Central Government having administrative control of the
  
  micro, small and medium enterprises to be appointed by the Central Government,
  
  who shall be the Member-Secretary of the Board, ex officio.
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  3.     
  
  
  4.     
  
    The
  
  term of office of the members of the Board, other than ex officio members of
  
  the Board, the manner of filling vacancies, and the procedure to be followed in
  
  the discharge of their functions by the members of the Board, shall be such as
  
  may be prescribed: Provided that the term of office of an ex officio member of
  
  the Board shall continue so long as he holds the office by virtue of which he
  
  is such a member.
  5.     
  
  
  
    No
  
  act or proceedings of the Board shall be invalid merely by reason of
  a.      any vacancy in, or
  
  any defect in the constitution of, the Board; or
  b.     any defect in the
  
  appointment of a person acting as a member of the Board; or
  c.      any irregularity in
  
  the procedure of the Board not affecting the merits of the case.
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  5.     
  
  
  6.     
  
    The
  
  Board shall meet at least once in every three months in a year.
  7.     
  
    The
  
  Board may associate with itself, in such manner and for such purposes as it may
  
  deem necessary, any person or persons whose assistance or advice it may desire
  
  in complying with any of the provisions of this Act and a person so associated
  
  shall have the right to take part in the discussions of the Board relevant to
  
  the purposes for which he has been associated but shall not have the right to
  
  vote.
  8.     
  
    Without
  
  prejudice to sub-section (7) the Chairperson of the Board shall, for not less
  
  than two of the meetings of the Board in a year, invite such Ministers of the
  
  State Governments having administrative control of the departments of small
  
  scale industries or, as the case may be, the micro, small and medium
  
  enterprises, or the Administrators of Union territories and representatives of
  
  such other associations of micro, small and medium enterprises, as he may deem
  
  necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
  9.     
  
    It
  
  is hereby delcared that the office of member of the Board shall not disqualify
  
  its holder for being chosen as, or for being, a member of either House of
  
  Parliament.