Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) After the commencement of this Act, as early as it may deem fit, the State Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, establish a Maritime Board to be called the Odisha Maritime Board. (2) The Board shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal with 12 power to sue and be sued, and power to acquire, hold and dispose of property, both movable and immovable, and to contract and grant concessions for implementation of projects and programs in the Public and Private Partnership Mode. (3)The head office of the Board shall be at such place as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct and other offices shall be at such places as the Board may decide. (4)The Board shall consist of a Chairperson and not more than twelve members who shall be appointed as follows, namely :— (i) Chief Secretary, Odisha, - Chairperson (ii) Secretary-in-charge of Commerce & Transport Department; - Member Secretary (iii) Special Secretary to Government, Commerce &Transport Department; - Member (iv) Director, Ports and Inland Water Transport, Odisha, Bhubaneswar; - Member (v) An officer of the State Government in Department of Water Resources not below the rank of Additional Secretary ; - Member (vi) An officer of the State Government in Industries Department not below the rank of Additional Secretary; - Member (vii) An officer of the State Government in Revenue & Disaster Management Department not below the rank of Additional - Member 13 Secretary ; (viii) Representative of Government of India, being an officer from the Ministry of Shipping not below the rank of Deputy Secretary, or an official of Indian Ports Association nominated by Secretary (Shipping), Government of India; - Member (ix) Representative of Indian Coast Guard; - Member (x) Representative of Naval Force; - Member (xi) Two members shall be appointed by Government from the Officers of Odisha Maritime Board ; - Member (xii) One member shall be appointed by the State Government, who is expert in one or more sectors of Shipping or Navigation or Ports or Sailing Vessels or Fisheries or Maritime Trade or Industry and Commerce or Finance or Project Finance or Public Private Partnership models or Law or Maritime Law. - Member (5)Members at clause (xii) of sub-section (4) shall be appointed by the State Government and shall not have voting rights. Disqualifications of members.