law: Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 
  9. Duties, powers and
  
  functions of Board 
  1.     
  
    Subject
  
  to the provisions of this Act, the Board shall have the duty to promote and
  
  ensure orderly development of the Special Economic Zones.
  2.     
  
    Without
  
  prejudice to the generality of the provisions contained in sub-section (1), the
  
  powers and functions of the Board shall include-
  a.     
  
    granting
  
  of approval or rejecting proposal or modifying such proposals for establishment
  
  of the Special Economic Zones;
  b.    
  
    granting
  
  approval of authorised operations to be carried out in the Special Economic
  
  Zones by the Developer;
  c.     
  
    granting
  
  of approval to the Developers or Units (other than the Developers or the Units
  
  which are exempt from obtaining approval under any law or by the Central
  
  Government) for foreign collaborations and foreign direct investments
  
  (including investments by a person resident outside India), in the Special
  
  Economic Zone for its development, operation and maintenance;
  d.    
  
    granting
  
  of approval or rejecting of proposal for providing infrastructure facilities in
  
  a Special Economic Zone or modifying such proposals;
  e.     
  
    granting,
  
  notwithstanding anything contained in the Industries (Development and
  
  Regulations) Act, 1951 (65 of 1951), a licence to an industrial undertaking
  
  referred to in clause (d) of Section 3 of that Act, if such undertaking is
  
  established, as a whole or part thereof, or proposed to be established, in a
  
  Special Economic Zone;
  f.     
  
    suspension
  
  of the letter of approval granted to a Developer and appointment of an
  
  Administrator under sub-section (1) of Section 10;
  g.    
  
    disposing
  
  of appeals preferred under sub-section (4) of Section 15;
  h.     
  
    disposing
  
  of appeals preferred under sub-section (4) of Section 16;
  i.      
  
    performing
  
  such other functions as may be assigned to it by the Central Government.
  1.     
  
  
  2.     
  
  
  3.     
  
    The
  
  Board may, if so required for the purposes of this Act or any other law for the
  
  time being in force relating to Special Economic Zones, by notification, decide
  
  as to whether a particular activity constitutes manufacture as defined in
  
  clause (r) of Section 2 and such decision of the Board shall be binding on all
  
  Ministries and Departments of the Central Government.
  4.     
  
    The
  
  Board may delegate such powers and functions as it may deem fit to one or more
  
  Development Commissioners for effective and proper discharge of the functions
  
  of the Board.
  5.     
  
    Without
  
  prejudice to the foregoing provisions of this Act, the Board shall, in exercise
  
  of its powers or the performance of its functions under this Act, be bound by
  
  such directions on questions of policy as the Central Government may give in
  
  writing to it from time to time.
  6.     
  
    The
  
  decision of the Central Government whether a question is one of policy or not
  
  shall be final.