Act Number: 20

Act Name: The National Food Security Act, 2013

Year: 2013

Enactment Date: 2013-09-10

Long Title: An Act to provide for food and nutritional security in human life cycle approach, by ensuring access to adequate quantity of quality food at affordable prices to people to live a life with dignity and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

Department: Department of Food and Public Distribution

Section 21: Vacancies, etc., not to invalidate proceedings of State Commission.
    No act or proceeding of the State Commission shall be invalid merely by reason of—
         (a) any vacancy in, or any defect in the constitution of, the State Commission; or
         (b) any defect in the appointment of a person as the Chairperson or a Member of the State Commission; or
         (c) any irregularity in the procedure of the State Commission not affecting the merits of the case.
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