State Act

The Assam Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises(Facilitation of Establishment and Operation) Act, 2020 (Assam Act No.XIV of 2020) (1)

6. (1) An Acknowledgement Certificate issued under section 5 shall for all purposes, has effect as if it is an approval as defined in clause(b) of section 2, for a period of three years from the date of its issue and after the expiry of the said period of three years, the enterprise shall have to obtain required approval as defined in clause (b) of section 2 within six months from the date of such expiry: Provided that the enterprise may apply for and obtain necessary permission from the Competent Authorities concerned under the respective laws within a period of three years from the date of issuance of Acknowledgement Certificate: Provided further that the Acknowledgement Certificate shall not entitle a person to use a land in violation of the provisions of The Assam Agricultural Land (Regulation of Re-classification and Transfer for Non-Agricultural Purpose) Act, 2015 and other land laws in force. It shall also not entitle a person to use the land falling in restricted category -viz. Public Grazing Reserves (PGRs), Village Grazing Reserves (VGRs), Wetlands, Heritage, Historical, Archaeological sites, and land settled, allotted or reserved for religious institutions like Sattras, Namghars, Temples, Wakfs, land under Tribal Belts and Blocks, etc. and in deviation of land use specified in the Master Plan wherever such plan is in existence: Provided also that any person to whom an Acknowledgement Certificate has been issued, shall obtain No Objection Certificate of Fire Safety and Electrification from the concerned Competent Authorities before starting of the enterprise. (2) During the period of three years as specified in sub-section(1), no Competent Authority shall undertake any inspection for the purpose of or in connection with, any approval as defined in clause (b) of section 2: Provided that the Competent Authority shall be empowered to undertake an inspection during the said period of three years in case of where the enterprise has applied for necessary permission under the respective laws within a period of three years from the date of issuance of Acknowledgement Certificate.