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(1) With effect from such date as the Government may, by notification, specify in this behalf, there shall be constituted a Board to be called the Punjab Prisons Development Board. (2) The Board constituted under sub-section (1) shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property both movable and immovable, to do all things incidental to and necessary for the purposes of this Act, and to contract and may by the said name sue and be sued. Constitution and composition of the Board. PUNJAB GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA), APRIL 17, 2020 (CHTR 28, 1942 SAKA) 83 (3) The head quarter of the Board shall be at Chandigarh or Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, or at such other place as may be notified by the Government. (4) The Board shall consist of the following members, namely:- (a) Chief Minister; Chairperson (b) Minister for Prisons; Senior Vice- Chairperson (c) Additional Chief Secretary Vice Chairperson or Principal Secretary or Secretary to Government of Punjab, Department of Home Affairs, Justice and Jails; (d) Additional Chief Secretary ex-officio Member or Principal Secretary to Government of Punjab, Department of Revenue and Rehabilitation; (e) Additional Chief Secretary ex-officio Member or Principal Secretary to Government of Punjab, Department of Finance; (f) Legal Remembrancer and Secretary ex-officio Member to Government of Punjab, Department of Legal and Legislative Affairs; (g) Registrar General, ex-officio Member Punjab and Haryana High Court; (h) Director, Prosecution and ex-officio Member Litigation, Punjab; (i) two non-official persons to be non-official nominated by the Government, Members PUNJAB GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA), APRIL 17, 2020 (CHTR 28, 1942 SAKA) 84 out of whom at least one shall be a woman, and who have distinguished themselves in the field of prison administration or prison reforms; (j) two prison officers holding posts of Members Superintendent of Central Jail or its equivalent or above, to be nominated by the Government; and (k) Director General of Prisons or Member-Secretary Additional Director General of Prisons.