Composition of Appellate Tribunal.

1. (1) The Appellate Tribunal shall consist of a Chairperson and three other Members.
2. (2) Subject to the provisions of this Act,-
   • (a) the jurisdiction of the Appellate Tribunal may be exercised by Benches thereof;
   • (b) a Bench may be constituted by the Chairperson of the Appellate

Tribunal with two or more Members of the Appellate Tribunal as the Chairperson

of the Appellate Tribunal may deem fit:

Provided that every Bench constituted under this clause shall include at least one Judicial Member and one Technical Member; (c) the Benches of the Appellate Tribunal shall ordinarily sit at Delhi and such other places as the Central Government may, in consultation with the Chairperson of the Appellate Tribunal, notify;

1. (d) the Central Government shall notify the areas in relation to which each Bench of the Appellate Tribunal may exercise jurisdiction.

1. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), the Chairperson of the Appellate Tribunal may transfer a Member of the Appellate Tribunal from one Bench to another Bench.

Explanation.- For the purposes of this Chapter,-

1. (i) “ Judicial Member” means a Member of the Appellate Tribunal

1. (ii) “ Technical Member” means a Member of the Appellate Tribunal appointed as such under sub-clause (ii) or sub-clause (iii) of clause (b) of sub- section (1) of section 113. Qualifications for appointment of