The Government of India hereby constitutes a Unit Approval Committee for each of the Special Economic Zone consisting of the following members:

1. Development Commissioner - Chairperson, ex officio;

2. Two officers of the Central Government to be nominated by the Central Government – Members, ex officio;

3. Two officers of the Central Government to represent the Ministry or Department dealing with revenue – Members, ex officio;

4. One officer of the Central Government to be nominated by that Government to represent the Ministry or Department dealing with the economic affairs (financial services) – Members, ex officio;

5. Two officers of the State Government concerned to be nominated by that Stated Government – Member, ex officio;

6. Representative of the Developer concerned – Special invitee.

For the purpose of exercising its powers and performing its functions, the Approval Committee may invite to its meetings, such persons as the Committee deems fit, whose assistance or advice it may consider necessary.

Every Approval Committee shall meet at such times and places as it considers necessary and shall have the power to regulate its own procedure.

One half of the total Members of the Approval Committee shall form a quorum, and all the acts of the Approval Committee shall be decided by a general consensus of the Members present. Provided that in case the Approval Committee is unable to decide any matter by a general consensus, such matter shall stand referred to the Board of Approval.

No act of the Approval Committee shall be called in question on the ground merely of existence of any vacancy in, or any defect in the constitution of, the Approval Committee.

All orders and decisions of the Approval Committee and all other communications issued by it shall be authenticated by the signature of the Chairperson or any other member as may be authorised by the Approval Committee in this behalf.

The term of office of an ex officio Member shall come to an end as soon as he ceases to hold the office by virtue of which he was so nominated. (As per SEZ Act, 2005 [Section 13])

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