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Preliminary & TentativePrivileged & ConfidentialDraft For Discussion Purposes OnlyProvided that the chairperson or a member shall, unless he is permitted by thegovernment to relinquish his office sooner, continue to hold office until the expiry ofthree months from the date of receipt of such notice or until a person duly appointed ashis successor enters upon his office or until the expiry of his term of office, whichever isthe earliest.Upon the resignation becoming effective as above, his office shall become vacant andmay be filled by appointment of a person possessing any of the qualifications mentionedin section4 sub-section (3) above in place of the person who has resigned:(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), a persons shall not be capable ofbeing appointed as chairperson or member of the Authority, if he;—(a)(b)(c)(d)is, or at any time has been, adjudged as an insolvent; oris found to be of unsound mind by a court of competent jurisdiction; orhas been convicted by any court in India of an offence involving moralturpitude; oris physically incapable of acting as a chairperson or a member.(3) The office of chairperson or a member shall become vacant if, such officer:(a)(b)(c)(d)is adjudged as an insolventis found to be of unsound mind by a court of competent jurisdiction; oris convicted by any court in India of an offence involving moral turpitude; oris removedupon occurrence of any vacancy in the office of chairperson or a member, a newchairperson or member, as the case may be, shall be appointed by the government.(4) The government may, by order, remove the chairperson or any other member from hisoffice if he;(a)(b)(c)has engaged at any time, during his term of office, in any other paid employment,orhas so abused his position as a chairperson or member as to render hiscontinuance in the office detrimental to the interest of Authority or prejudicial tothe public interest; orhas, in the opinion of the government, become physically incapable of continuingin the office12
Preliminary & TentativePrivileged & ConfidentialDraft For Discussion Purposes Only(d)without excuse, is absent for more than four consecutive meetings of theAuthority.(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (4), no member shall be removedfrom his office on the ground specified in clause (b) or clause (c) of that subsectionunless the Lieutenant Governor, on his own motion or on a reference being made to it inthis behalf by the government, on an inquiry, has reported that the chairperson or anymember, ought on such ground or grounds to be removed.7. Officers and other Employees of the Authority(1) Subject to such control and restrictions, as may be prescribed, the Authority may appointsuch number of experts for technical and legal work, as may be necessary for the efficientperformance of its functions. Such experts shall be entitled to receive from the Authorityfunds such remuneration as may be prescribed.(2) The officers and other employees of the Authority shall discharge their functions underthe general superintendence of the chairperson and shall be subject to such restrictions,conditions and limitations, if any, as may be laid down by the Authority, and shall also besubject to its control and supervision.(3) The chairperson and members of the Authority, officers and other employees of theAuthority shall be deemed public servants within the meaning of Section 21 of IndianPenal Code, 1860 (45 of the 1860).8. Appointment of Committees(1) Subject to any rules made in this behalf, the Authority may, from time to time, appointone or more committees for the purpose of securing the efficient discharge of thefunctions of the Authority, consisting wholly of members of the Authority or wholly ofother persons or partly of members of the Authority and partly of the other persons andfor such purpose or purposes as it may think fit.(2) A committee constituted under this section shall meet at such time and place and shallobserve such rules of procedure in regard to the transaction of business at its meetings asmay be determined by regulations made in this behalf.(3) The members of a committee constituted under this section (other than persons being inthe employment of the government or the Central government including members of theAuthority) shall be paid such fees and allowances for attending its meetings and forattending to any other work of the Authority, as may be determined by regulations madein this behalf.9. Meetings13
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