Constitution of Tribunals.

(1) The Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette constitute an Agricultural Lands Tribunal for any area specified in the notification.

(2) Every Tribunal constituted under sub-section (1) shall consist of three or more members, one of whom shall be appointed in the notification constituting the Tribunal to be the President of the Tribunal.

(3) One at least of the members of every Tribunal constituted under sub-section (1) shall be a person who has for a period of not less than three years held judicial office not lower in rank than that of Munsiff, or if no such person is available, a person who has for a like period held a land revenue office not lower in rank than that of a Tahsildar.

(4) In any area for which a Tribunal has not been constituted under sub-section (1), all the powers and duties conferred and imposed on the Tribunal by or under this Act shall be exercised and discharged by the Deputy Collector or by such other officer as Government may authorise in this behalf.