Act Number: 11

Act Name: The Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016.

Year: 2016

Enactment Date: 2016-03-21

Long Title: An Act to provide for the establishment of a national standards body for the harmonious development of the activities of standardisation, conformity assessment and quality assurance of goods, articles, processes, systems and services and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

Department: Department of Consumer Affairs

Section 4: Executive Committee of Bureau.
    (1) The Governing Council may, with the prior approval of the Central Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, constitute an Executive Committee which shall consist of the following members, namely: —
         (a) Director General of the Bureau, who shall be its ex officio Chairman; and
         (b) such number of members, as may be prescribed.
     (2) The Executive Committee constituted under sub-section (1) shall perform, exercise and discharge such functions, powers and duties of the Bureau, as may be delegated to it by the Governing Council.
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