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(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, (a) the jurisdiction of the Lokayukta may be exercised by benches thereof; (b) a bench may be constituted by the Chairperson with two or more Members as the Chairperson may deem fit; (c) every bench shallordinarily consist ofat least one JudicialMember; (d) where a bench consists ofthe Chairperson, such bench shalibe presided over bythe Chairperson; (e) where a bench consists of a Judicial Member and a non-Judicial Member, not being the Chairperson, such bench shall be presided over by the Judicial Member; (f) the bench of the Lokayukta shall ordinarily sit at ltanagar and at such other places as the Lokayukta may, by regulations, specify. 5 6 TheArunachal Pradesh Eltraordinary Gazette, May 20, 2014 (2) The Lokayukta shall notify the areas in relation to which each bench of the Lokayukta may exercise jurisdiction. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in suFsectron (2), the Chairperson shall have the power to constitute or reconstitute benches from time to time. (4) lfat any stage of the hearing of any case or matter, it appears tothe Chairperson or a Member thatthe case or matter is of such nature that it ought to be heard by a bench consisting of two or more Members, the case or matter may be transferred by the Chairperson or, as the. case may be, referred to him for transfer, to such bench as the Chairperson may deem fit.