law: Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 
  8. Constitution of Board of
  
  Approval 
  1.     
  
    The
  
  Central Government shall, within fifteen days of the commencement of this Act,
  
  by notification, constitute, for the purposes of this Act, a Board to be called
  
  the Board of Approval.
  2.     
  
    The
  
  Board shall consist of-
  a.     
  
    an
  
  officer not below the rank of an Additional Secretary to the Government of
  
  India in the Ministry or Department of the Central Government dealing with
  
  commerce - Chairperson, ex officio;
  b.    
  
    two
  
  officers, not below the rank of a Joint Secretary to the Government of India,
  
  to be nominated by the Central Government to represent the Ministry or
  
  Department of the Central Government dealing with revenue - Member, ex officio;
  c.     
  
    one
  
  officer not below the rank of a Joint Secretary to the Government of India to
  
  be nominated by the Central Government to represent the Ministry or Department
  
  of the Central Government dealing with economic affairs (financial services) -
  
  Member, ex officio;
  d.    
  
    such
  
  number of officers, not exceeding ten, not below the rank of the Joint
  
  Secretary to the Government of India, to be nominated by the Central Government
  
  to represent the Ministries or Departments of the Central Government dealing
  
  with commerce, industrial policy and promotion, science and technology, small
  
  scale industries and agro and rural industries, home affairs, defence,
  
  environment and forests, law, overseas Indian affairs and urban development -
  
  Members, ex officio;
  e.     
  
    a
  
  nominee of the State Government concerned - Member, ex officio;
  f.     
  
    the
  
  Director General of Foreign Trade or his nominee - Member, ex officio;
  g.    
  
    the
  
  Development Commissioner concerned - Member, ex officio;
  h.     
  
    a
  
  Professor in the Indian Institute of Management, being a society registered
  
  under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860) or the Indian Institute
  
  of Foreign Trade, being a society registered under the Societies Registration
  
  Act, 1860, as may be, nominated by the Central Government - Member, ex officio;
  i.      
  
    an
  
  officer not below the rank of Deputy Secretary to the Government of India
  
  dealing with the Special Economic Zones in the Ministry or Department of the
  
  Central Government, dealing with commerce to be nominated by the Central
  
  Government - Member-Secretary, ex officio :
  Provided that the member, being the Joint
  
  Secretary, nominated under clauses (b) to (d) of this sub-section may, if he is
  
  unable to attend the meeting of the Board, authorise any other officer to
  
  attend the meeting of the Board on his behalf.
  1.     
  
  
  2.     
  
  
  3.     
  
    The
  
  term of office of an ex officio Member shall come to an end as soon as he
  
  ceases to hold the office by virtue of which he was so nominated.
  4.     
  
    For
  
  the purposes of performing its functions, the Board may co-opt as members, such
  
  number of persons as it deems fit, who have special knowledge of, and practical
  
  experience in, matters relating to, or relevant to activity connected with the
  
  Special Economic Zones and any such person shall have the right to take part in
  
  the discussions of the Board but shall not be counted for the quorum and shall
  
  not be a member for any other purpose and such person shall be entitled to receive
  
  such allowance or fees, as the case may be, fixed by the Board.
  5.     
  
    The
  
  Board shall meet at such times and places as may be appointed by it and shall
  
  have the power to regulate its own procedure.
  6.     
  
    One-third
  
  of the total Members of the Board shall form a quorum, and all the acts of the
  
  Board shall be decided by a general consensus of the Members present.
  7.     
  
    No
  
  act or proceeding of the Board shall be called in question on the ground merely
  
  of existence of any vacancy in, or any defect in the constitution of, the
  
  Board.
  8.     
  
    All
  
  orders and decisions of the Board and all other instruments issued by it shall
  
  be authenticated by the signature of the Member-Secretary, or any other Member
  
  as may be authorised by the Board in this behalf.