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{l} The Chairperson and member shall be appointed by the Governor by warrant under his hand and seal after obtaining the recommendations of a Selection Committee consisting of {a} the Chief Minister--Chairperson; (b) the Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly- Member; {c} the Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court or a Judge of the said High Court nominated by the Chief Justice- Member; {d} Chief Secretary to the Government-Member. {2} No appointment of a Chairperson or {the} Member shall be invalid merely by reason of any vacancy in the Selection Committee. {3} The Selection Committee shall, for the purposes of selecting the Chairperson and member of the Lokayukta and for preparing a panel of persons to be considered for appointment as such, constitute a Search Committee consisting of at least five persons of standing and having special knowledge and expertise in the matters relating to public administration, finance including insurance and banking, law, anti-corruption policy, management, or in any other matter which, in the opinion of the Selection Committee, may be useful in making selection of the Chairperson and member of the Lokayukta: Provided that the Selection Committee may also consider any person other than the persons recommended by the Search Committee. (4) The Selection Committee shall regulate its own procedure in a transparent manner for selecting the Chairperson and member of the Lokayukta. {5} The term of the Search Committee referred to in sub-section {3}, the fees and allowances payable to its member and the manner of selection of panel of names shall be such as may be prescribed.