Archival Advisory Board.

(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, constitute an Archival Advisory Board for the purposes of this Act. (2) The Board shall consist of the following members, namely:- (a) Secretary Cultural Affairs and Heritage Department - Chairman, ex officio; (b) Officers not below the rank of Joint Secretary to the Government of Sikkim from the Cultural Affairs and Heritage Department, Finance Revenue and Expenditure Department, Department of Personnel, Administrative Reform & Training, Public Grievance, and Home Department - Members, ex officio; (c) Two persons to be nominated by the State Government for a period not exceeding three years, one being an Archivist and other being Professor in the Post-graduate Department of History in any recognized University. (d) Director, Archives or Head of Archives - Member Secretary, ex officio. (3) The Members nominated under clause (c) of sub-section (2) shall be paid such allowances as may be prescribed.