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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 shall ordinarily consist of at least one Judicial Member; (d) where a bench consists of the Chairperson, such bench shall be presided over by the 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 benches of the Lokayukta shall ordinarily sit at Bhubaneswar and at such other places as the Lokayukta may, by regulations, specify. (2) The Lokayukta shall notify the areas in relation to which each bench of the Lokayukta may exercise jurisdiction. 60 of