Constitution of the Board.

(1) (a) The Board shall consist of a President appointed by the Government and of the following members, namely: - i. Chairman of every market committee ; ii. Director ; iii. Registrar ; iv. Managing Director, State Ware Housing Corporation, Madras ; v. Agricultural Marketing Advisor, Government of India ; vi. President of the Tamil Nadu Co-operative Marketing Federation ; vii. An officer of the Agriculture Department in the Secretariat not below the rank of a Deputy Secretary to Government dealing with the subject agricultural marketing. (b) The Board may associate with itself, in such manner, subject to such conditions and for such purpose as may be prescribed, a nominee of the Cotton Corporation of India and such other person whose assistance or advice it may desire in complying with any of the provisions of this Act and every person so associated shall be entitled to receive such allowances or fees as may be fixed by the Government and shall have the right to take part in the proceedings of the Board relevant to the purpose for which he has been associated, but shall not have the right to vote. (c) There shall be a Vice-President who shall be elected by the members from among themselves in accordance with such procedure as may be prescribed. (d) If for any reason, the officer referred to in item (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) or (vi) of clause (a) unable to attend any meeting of the Board he may depute any officer subordinate to him to attend such meeting. The officer so deputed shall have the right to take part in the proceedings of the Board, but shall not have the right to vote: Provided that where a person ceases to be the Chainman of a market committee, he shall cease to be member of the Board on and from the date on which he ceases to be such Chairman : Provided further that in respect of any market committee the Chairman of which is a member of the Board, a special officer is appointed under section 33, such Chainman of the market committee shall cease to be a member of the Board and the special officer so appointed shall be a member of the Board in the place Chairman. (2) The term of the office of the President shall be three years from the date of this first meeting of the Board. (3) (a) The Board shall meet as often as may be necessary at such time and place, and observe such rules of procedure as may be laid down for this purpose by the Board with the approval of the Government. But three months shall not intervene between its last meeting and the next meeting. (b) The President or in his absence the Vice-President or in the absence of both the President and the Vice-President, the member chosen by the members present from among themselves shall preside at a meeting of the Board. (4) The non-official members of the Board shall be entitled to receive such allowances or fees for attending the meeting of the Board as may be fixed by the Government. (5) The Board may appoint one or more of its members to be a sub-committee or to be a special committee or to be a special committee for the conduct of any work, ort to report on any matter pertaining to its duties or functions under this Act and the rules and regulations made under this Act and may, subject to the provisions of sub-section (3) of section 47 delegate to such committee such of its powers or duties as it may think fit.