Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
District Boards.—(1) For the purpose of speedy issue of various licences, clearances of certificates required under the various State enactments for 2[setting up, running, expansion, diversification and modernisation of enterprises having a capital investment up to rupees fifteen crores] in each district of the State, the Government may, by notification, constitute a District Single Window Clearance Board for each district in the State. (2) Every District Single Window Clearance Board shall be a body corporate by the name of the District for which it is constituted, having perpetual succession and a common seal. 3[(3) Every District Single Window Clearance Board shall consist of the following members, namely:— (a) District Collector concerned; (b) General manager, District Industries Centre; (c) The President of the Village Panchayat concerned or Chairperson of the Municipality/Mayor of the Corporation concerned in cases where licence is required from local bodies; (d) The District Officer of the Kerala State Pollution Control Board or any other officer of the said Board nominated by the Chairman, Kerala State Pollution Control Board; (e) The District Officer of the Electrical Inspectorate or any other officer nominated by the Chief Electrical Inspector; (f) The District Officer of the Town and Country Planning Department or any other officer nominated by the Chief Town Planner ; (g) District Medical Officer; (h) The Deputy Chief Engineer of the Electrical Circle of the Kerala State Electricity Board Limited having jurisdiction over the district; (i) District Officer, Factories and Boilers; 1 Inserted by Act 23 of 2019 (w.e.f 07.12.2019). 2 Substituted by Act 25 of 2024 (w.e.f. 02-11-2024). 3 Substituted by Act 14 of 2018 ( w.e.f. 20-10-2017). 7 (j) Divisional Officer, Fire and Rescue Services; (k) Divisional Forest Officer; (l) District Labour Officer; (m) Secretary, Urban Development Authority or Secretary, District Panchayat; (n) An Officer of the State Goods and Services Tax Department not below the rank of Deputy Commissioner; (o) An Officer of the Kerala Water Authority not below the rank of Executive Engineer nominated by the Managing Director, Kerala Water Authority; (p) An Officer of the Tourism Department not below the rank of Deputy Director nominated by the Director of Tourism Department; (q) An Officer of the Public Works Department not below the rank of Executive Engineer nominated by the Secretary, Public Works Department; (r) District Officer of the Department of Mining and Geology.] (4) The Collector of the District shall be the Chairman and the General Manager, District Industries Centre shall be the Convener of the District Board. (5) The District Board shall meet 1[at such intervals not exceeding twenty days] and place to be fixed by the Chairman of the District Board and shall observe such procedure in regard to its transaction of business as may be made in the bye-laws; (6) The District Board may associate itself, in such manner and for such purposes as may be prescribed with any person whose assistance or advice it may desire to have in the performance of any of its functions under the Act, and the person so associated shall have the right to take part in the meetings of the District Board relating to that purpose as a special invitee and shall not be considered as a member of the District Board.