The Special Economic Zones Act, 2005

Act No. 28

23-Jun-2005

Section 1 — Short title, extent and commencement

1. Short title, extent and commencement .

(1)This Act may be called the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005.

(2)It extends to the whole of India.

(3)It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any refere nce in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision.

Section 2 — Definitions

2. Definitions .-In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, -

(a)“appointed day ” with reference to a Special Economic Zone means the date on which the Special Economic Zone is notified by the Central Government under sub-section ( 1) of section 4;

(b)“Approval Committee ” means an Approval Committee constituted under sub -section ( 1) of

Section 13

section 13;

(c)“authorised operations ” means operations which may be authorised under sub -section ( 2) of

Section 4 — and sub -section ( 9) of section 15

section 4 and sub -section ( 9) of section 15;

(d)“Authority ” means a Special Economic Zone Authority constituted under sub -section ( 1) of

Section 31

section 31;

(e)“Board ” means the Board of Approval constituted under sub -section ( 1) of section 8;

(f)“Co-Developer ” means a person who, or a State Government which, has been granted by the Central Government a letter of approval under sub -section ( 12) of section 3;

(g)“Developer ” means a person who, or a State Government which, has been granted by the Central Government a letter of approval under sub -section ( 10) of section 3 and includes an Authority and a Co -Developer;

(h)“Development Commissioner ” means the D evelopment Commissioner appointed for one or more Special Economic Zones under sub -section ( 1) of section 11;