CHAPTER    II

Wild Life Advisory Board

3.  Term of Office:- The term of office of a member of the Board referred to in clause (g) of sub-section (1)of section 6 shall be three years from the date of his appointment.

4. Resignation:- (1) A member of the Board may resign his office by writing under his hand addressed to the Chairman.

(2) The office of a member of  the Board shall fall vacant from the date on which his resignation is accepted, or on the expiry of thirty days from the date of receipt of intimation of resignation, whichever is earlier.

(3) The power to accept the resignation of a member of the Board shall vest in the Chairman who, on accepting the resignation, shall report to the Board at its next meeting.

5. Filling of casual vacancy- (1) When a member of the Board referred to in clause (g) of sub-section (I) of Section 6 resigns or dies or is removed from office or becomes incapable of acting, the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint a person to fill the vacancy.

(2) A person appointed to fill the casual vacancy under sub-rule (1) shall hold office only so long as the member whose place he fills would have been entitled to hold office, if the vacancy had not ocured.

6. Removal from the Board- The State Government may remove any member from his office-

(a) if he is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent medical court, or

(b) if he is an undischarged insolvent, or

(c) if he is convicted of a criminal offence involving moral turpitude, or

(d) if , without the leave of the Chairman, he fails to attend more than three successive meetings of the Board.

7. Allowance- (1) The non-official member if the Board shall get traveling and daily allowance as admissible to grade I officers of the State.

(2) Where concessional tickets are allowed for return journeys by rail, the traveling allowance shall be restricted to the actual cost of return ticket plus the incidental charges.

(3) (a) A member of the State Legislatures who is a member of the Board shall not be paid any fares in respect of journeys by rail or road if he is entitled for free coupons for such journeys.

(b) If a meeting of the Board is held during a session of the Legislature and at the same place where such session is held, a member of the Legislature who is a member of the Board shall not be entitled to ant daily allowance.

8. Secretary to be controlling authority:- The Secretary of the Board shall be the controlling authority in respect of payment of allowances under this Chapter.