An Act to provide for the
establishment of a body of Lokpal for the Union and Lokayukta for States to
inquire into allegations of corruption against certain public functionaries and
for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
The Lokpal shall consist of—
(a) a Chairperson, who is
or has been a Chief Justice of India or is or has been a Judge of the Supreme
Court or an eminent person who fulfils the eligibility specified in clause (b)
of sub-section
(3); and
(b) such number of
Members, not exceeding eight out of whom fifty per cent. shall be Judicial
Members:
Provided that not less
than fifty per cent. of the Members of the Lokpal shall be from amongst the
persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward
Classes, Minorities and women.
sub-section
(3)
A person shall be eligible
to be appointed,—
(a) as a Judicial Member
if he is or has been a Judge of the Supreme Court or is or has been a Chief
Justice of a High Court;
(b) as a Member other than
a Judicial Member, if he is a person of impeccable integrity and outstanding
ability having special knowledge and expertise of not less than twenty-five
years in the matters relating to anti-corruption policy, public administration,
vigilance, finance including insurance and banking, law and management.
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