Composition of Board

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Statutory text

(1) Each Board shall consist of a Chairperson and four other members to be appointed by the State Authority.
(2) The chairperson shall be a person who is, or has been, a District Judge or an officer of the State Judicial Service who has held the post of an Additional District Judge for at least five years.
(3) The four other members shall be as follows:—
- (a) one member who is a psychiatrist or a medical practitioner with at least three years of experience in psychiatry;
- (b) one member who is a person with mental illness or a caregiver or a representative of an organization representing persons with mental illness;
- (c) one member who is a person engaged in the profession of clinical psychology or psychiatric social work or mental health nursing or any other profession as may be prescribed; and
- (d) one member who is a representative of the district administration or a local body.

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