Constitution and composition of the Board.

(1) With effect from such date as the Government may, by notification, specify in this behalf, there shall be constituted a Board to be called the Punjab Prisons Development Board. (2) The Board constituted under sub-section (1) shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property both movable and immovable, to do all things incidental to and necessary for the purposes of this Act, and to contract and may by the said name sue and be sued. (3) The head quarter of the Board shall be at Chandigarh or Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, or at such other place as may be notified by the Government. (4) The Board shall consist of the following members, namely:- (a) Chief Minister; Chairperson (b) Minister for Prisons; Senior Vice-Chairperson (c) Additional Chief Secretary or Principal Secretary or Secretary to Government of Punjab, Department of Home Affairs, Justice and Jails; Vice Chairperson (d) Additional Chief Secretary or Principal Secretary to Government of Punjab, Department of Revenue and Rehabilitation; ex-officio Member (e) Additional Chief Secretary or Principal Secretary to Government of Punjab, Department of Finance; ex-officio Member (f) Legal Remembrancer and Secretary to Government of Punjab, Department of Legal and Legislative Affairs; ex-officio Member (g) Registrar General, Punjab and Haryana High Court; ex-officio Member (h) Director, Prosecution and Litigation, Punjab; ex-officio Member (i) two non-official persons to be nominated by the Government, out of whom at least one shall be a woman, and who have distinguished themselves in the field of prison administration or prison reforms; non-official Members (j) two prison officers holding posts of Superintendent of Central Jail or its equivalent or above, to be nominated by the Government; Members (k) Director General of Prisons or Additional Director General of Prisons. Member-Secretary