Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) On and from the date of notifi cation to be issued by the Government in this behalf, there shall be established a body to be called the “Lokayukta”. (2) The Lokayukta shall consist of,— (a) a Chairperson who is or has been a Judge of the High Court or a person with twenty-fi ve years experience in anti-corruption policy, public administration, vigilance, fi nance and law; and (b) four Members, out of whom two shall be Judicial Members. TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY 149 (3) A person shall be eligible to be appointed,— (a) as a Judicial Member if he is or has been a Judge of the High Court or has put in twenty-fi ve years of experience in State judiciary with impeccable record; (b) as a Non-Judicial Member if he has had twenty-fi ve years of experience in anti-corruption policy, public administration, vigilance, fi nance and law. (4) The Chairperson or a Member shall not be,— (a) a Member of Parliament or a Member of the Legislative Assembly of any State or Union territory; (b) a person convicted of any offence; (c) a person of less than forty-fi ve years of age, on the date of assuming offi ce as Chairperson or Member, as the case may be; (d) a Member of any Panchayat or Municipality; (e) a person who has been removed or dismissed from service of the Union or a State and; (f) a person holding any offi ce of trust or profi t (other than his offi ce as the Chairperson or a Member) or be connected with any political party or carry on any business or practice any profession. (5) A person who is appointed as the Chairperson or a Member, as the case may be, shall, before he enters upon his offi ce, if,— (a) he holds any offi ce of trust or profi t, resign from such offi ce; or (b) he is carrying on any business, sever his connection with the conduct and management of such business; or (c) he is practicing any profession, cease to practice such profession.