Establishment of Lokayukta

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Summary

(1) As soon as after the commencement of this Act, there shall be established, by notification in the Official Gazette, a body to be called the Lokayukta. (2) The Lokayukta shall consist of- (a) a Chairperson, who is or has been a Chief Justice of the High Court or a Judge of the High Court or an eminent person who fulfils the eligibility specified in clause (b) of sub-section (3); 1or (b)2 such number of members, not exceeding four ;or (c)3A Chairperson and such number of members, not exceeding four (3) A person shall be eligible to be appointed, - (a) as a Judicial Member if he is or has been a Judge of the High Court or is eligible to be a Judge of the High Court; (b) as a Member other than a Judicial Member, if he is a person of impeccable integrity, outstanding ability having special knowledge and expertise of not less than twenty-five years in the matters relating to anticorruption policy, public administration, vigilance, finance including insurance and banking, law, and management. (4) The Chairperson or a Member shall not be (i) a member of Parliament or a member of the Legislature of any State or Union territory; (ii) a person convicted of any offence involving moral turpitude; (iii) a person of less than forty-five years of age, on the date of assuming office as Chairperson or Member, as the case may be; (iv) a member of any Panchayat or Municipality or District Council; (v) a person who has been removed or dismissed from service of the Union or a State, and shall not hold any office of trust or profit (other than his office as the Chairperson or a Member) or be connected with any political party or carry on any business or practice any profession and accordingly, before he enters upon his office, a person appointed as the Chairperson or a Member, as the case may be, shall, if - (a) he holds any office of trust or profit, resign from such office; or (b) he is carrying on any business, sever his connection with the conduct and management of such business; or (c) he is practicing any profession, cease to practice such profession. 4(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in the provisions of this Act or any other law for the time being in force, the lokayukta shall be deemed to be constituted upon the appointment of a Chairperson or a Member.

(1) As soon as after the commencement of this Act, there shall be established, by notification in the Official Gazette, a body to be called the Lokayukta. (2) The Lokayukta shall consist of- (a) a Chairperson, who is or has been a Chief Justice of the High Court or a Judge of the High Court or an eminent person who fulfils the eligibility specified in clause (b) of sub-section (3); 1or (b)2 such number of members, not exceeding four ;or (c)3A Chairperson and such number of members, not exceeding four (3) A person shall be eligible to be appointed, - (a) as a Judicial Member if he is or has been a Judge of the High Court or is eligible to be a Judge of the High Court; (b) as a Member other than a Judicial Member, if he is a person of impeccable integrity, outstanding ability having special knowledge and expertise of not less than twenty-five years in the matters relating to anticorruption policy, public administration, vigilance, finance including insurance and banking, law, and management. (4) The Chairperson or a Member shall not be (i) a member of Parliament or a member of the Legislature of any State or Union territory; (ii) a person convicted of any offence involving moral turpitude; (iii) a person of less than forty-five years of age, on the date of assuming office as Chairperson or Member, as the case may be; (iv) a member of any Panchayat or Municipality or District Council; (v) a person who has been removed or dismissed from service of the Union or a State, and shall not hold any office of trust or profit (other than his office as the Chairperson or a Member) or be connected with any political party or carry on any business or practice any profession and accordingly, before he enters upon his office, a person appointed as the Chairperson or a Member, as the case may be, shall, if - (a) he holds any office of trust or profit, resign from such office; or (b) he is carrying on any business, sever his connection with the conduct and management of such business; or (c) he is practicing any profession, cease to practice such profession. 4(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in the provisions of this Act or any other law for the time being in force, the lokayukta shall be deemed to be constituted upon the appointment of a Chairperson or a Member.

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