Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) (3) It shall be a body corporate, having perpetual succession and a common seal, and may, by the said name, sue and be sued. (4) (1) The Committee or Committees as may be constituted under section 3 shall consists of the following members:- (a) The Governor of the State Shall be the Chief Patron of the Committee. (b) the Chief Minister of the State shall be the Chairman: Provided that where the Chief Minister is a person who does not profess either Buddhist or Hindu religion, in such an event, the Chairman shall be a Buddhist or Hindu Minister in the Council of Minister as would be nominated by the State Government. (c) The Minister in Charge, Tourism and Civil Aviation Department, Government of Sikkim shall be the ex-officio member of the Committee. (d) The Secretary, Tourism and Civil Aviation Department shall be the ex-officio member who will function as the Member Secretary. 2 Terms of Office of Members (2) The State Government may nominate such other members not exceeding three (3) to the Committee. (3) No person who does not profess the Buddhist/Hindu religion shall be eligible for membership. (4) The appcintment or nomination of the members shall be notified in the Official Gazette. (5) Every member of the Committee other than the Chief Patron, Chairman, and the ex-officio members shall hold office for a period of 3 (three) years from the date of notification under sub-section (3) of section 4 and shall be eligible for re-nomination. (6) The State Government may suspend or remove any member of the Committee on the following grounds, namely,- (a) that he has been convicted by a Criminal Court of any offence which in the opinion of the State Government involves moral turpitude; (b) that he is of unsound mind or is suffering from any physical or mental disorder or defect or infirmity which in the opinion of the State Government renders him unfit to be a member of the Committee; (e) that he has applied to be adjudged or been adjudged insolvent; (d) that he has been found guilty of corruption or misconduct in the administration of the temple and other religious institutions or that some other sufficient cause exists for the removal; (e) that he has absented himself for more than three consecutive meetings of the Committee and is unable to explain such absence to the satisfaction of the Committee;