Section 4
Removal of member from Board.
The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006
About this Act
An Act to provide for facilitating the promotion and development and enhancing the competitiveness of micro, small and medium enterprises and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
(1) The Central Government may remove a member of the
Board from it, if he--
(a) is, or at any time has been, adjudged as insolvent; or
(b) is, or becomes, of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court; or
(c) refuses to act or becomes incapable of acting as a member of the Board; or
(d) has been convicted of an offence which, in the opinion of the Central Government, involves moral turpitude; or
(e) has so abused, in the opinion of the Central Government, his position as a member of the Board as to render his continuance in the Board detrimental to the interests of the general public.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), no member shall be removed from his office on the grounds specified in clauses (c) to (e) of that sub-section unless he has been given a reasonable opportunity of being heard in the matter.
(a) is, or at any time has been, adjudged as insolvent; or
(b) is, or becomes, of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court; or
(c) refuses to act or becomes incapable of acting as a member of the Board; or
(d) has been convicted of an offence which, in the opinion of the Central Government, involves moral turpitude; or
(e) has so abused, in the opinion of the Central Government, his position as a member of the Board as to render his continuance in the Board detrimental to the interests of the general public.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), no member shall be removed from his office on the grounds specified in clauses (c) to (e) of that sub-section unless he has been given a reasonable opportunity of being heard in the matter.