(1) Except as otherwise provided by or under this Act or by any other law or enactment for the time being in force in the whole or any part of 1[the State and subject to an rule made in that behalf, the jurisdiction of the Board may be exercised -
(a) by the Chairman or any other member of the Board, sitting singly, or
(b) by a Bench of the Board, consisting of two or more members:
Provided that a party aggrieved by a decision of a single member shall have the right to make a special appeal to a bench consisting of two or more members of the Board within one month from the date of the decision of the single member, 2[if the member who passed the judgment 3[and if the member who passed the judgment ceases to be attached the Board, any other member] declares that the case is a fit one for appeal].
(2) Subject to any rules made in that behalf, the Chairman may distribute the business of the Board & make such territorial or other divisions of its jurisdiction as he may deem fit.
(3) Every order made or act done under sub-section (1) or in accordance with the distribution or division made under sub-section (2), shallbe deemed to be the order or act, as the case may be, of the Board.
Footnotes in the official text
- 1.Added vide Sec. 2 of Raj. Act No. 5 of 1964, published in Raj. Gazette Ex-ord., dt. 26-3-1964.
- 2.Substituted vide Sec. 4 o Raj. Act No. 2 of 1958, published in Raj. Rajpatra, dt. 13-1-1958.
- 3.Ins. vide Sec. 2 of Raj. Act No. 3 of 1991, pub. in Raj. Gaz. Ex-ord. 4 (Ka) dt. 27-3-1991, P. 101.