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Establishment of Board. ------ (1) The Government may, by notification, establish a Board to be known by such name as may be specified in the notification for any scheduled employment in any area. One or more Boards may be appointed for one or more scheduled employments, and for one or more areas. (2) Every such Board shall be a body corporate with the name aforesaid, having perpetual succession and common seal, with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property, and to contract, and may by that name sue or be sued. (3) The Board shall consist of members nominated from time to time by the Government representing the employers, the manual workers, and the Government. 1[(4) * * *] (5) The Chairman of the Board shall be one of the members appointed to represent the Government, nominated in this behalf by the Government. (6) After nomination of all the members of the Board including the Chairman, the Government shall, by notification, publish the names of all the members of the Board. (7) The term of office of members of the Board shall be such as may be prescribed. (8) The meetings of the Board and procedure to be followed for the purpose and all matters supplementary or ancillary thereto shall, subject to the approval of the Government be regulated by the Board itself. 1[6-A. Amalgamation of Boards. ------ (1) Where the Government are satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest or for the purpose of securing the proper management of any Board, that two or more Boards should be amalgamated, the Government may formulate a proposal for amalgamation and shall publish such proposal in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette and in not less than one Tamil daily newspaper having wide circulation in the State. (2) Any member of the Board concerned, any manual worker registered under any scheme administrated by such Boards or any other person likely to be affected, may, within thirty days from the date of publication of the proposal for amalgamation in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette or in the Tamil daily newspaper, whichever is later, file objection or suggestion to the proposed amalgamation before the Government. (3) The Government may, after considering the objections and suggestions, if any, pass an order approving or modifying the proposal or pass such other order as they deem fit. The order shall specify the constitution and authorities of the Board and shall contain the duties, liabilities and obligations of such Board and such other incidental, consequential and supplemental provisions as may, in the opinion of the Government, be necessary to give effect to the order. (4) Every order made under sub-section (3) shall be published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette. (5) On and from the date of order of amalgamation, the assets, liabilities, properties, rights and interests and the records, registers and other documents of the Boards so amalgamated shall stand transferred to the amalgamated Board.]