3. Salaries and allowances and terms and conditions of the President and members of the District Forum under section 10(3).- (1) The President of the District Forum shall receive the salary of the Judge of the District Court if appointed on whole-time basis or an hono-rarium of Rs. 200 (Rupees two hundred only) per day for sitting, if appointed on part-time basis. Other members if sitting on whole-time basis, shall receive a consoli¬dated honorarium of 1Rs. 9,000 (Rupees nine thousand only) per month and if sitting on part-time basis an honorarium of Rs. 150 (Rupees one hundred and fifty) per day for the sitting.

(2) The President and the members of the District Forum shall be entitled for such travelling allowance and daily allowance on official tour as are admissible to Grade I Officer of the Admin¬istration of Union Territory of Chandigarh.

(3) Before appointment, the President and members of the District Forum shall have to take an undertaking that he does not and will not have any such financial or other interests as is likely to affect prejudicially his functions as a member.

(4) In addition of provisions of section 10(2), the Administrator, may remove from the office, the President and members of a District Forum who :—

(a) has been adjudged an insolvent; or

(b) has been convicted of an offence which in the opinion of the Administrator, Union Territory of Chandigarh, involves moral turpitude; or

(c) has become physically or mentally incapable of action as such member; or

(d) has acquired such financial or other interest as is likely to effect prejudicially his functions as a member; or

(e) has so abused his position as to render his continuance in office, prejudicial to the public interest;

Provided that the President or member shall not be removed from his office on the ground specified in clauses (d) and (e) of sub-rule (5) except on an inquiry held by Government in accordance with such procedure as it may specify in this behalf and finds President or the member to be guilty of such ground.

(5) The terms and conditions of the service of the President and members of the District Forum shall not be varied to their disad¬vantage during their tenure of Office.

(6) Where any vacancy occurs in the office of the President of the District Forum, the senior most (in order of appointment) member of District Forum, holding office for the time being, shall discharge the functions of the President until a person appointed to fill such vacancy assumes the office of the Presi¬dent of the District Forum.

(7) When the President of the District Forum is unable to discharge the functions owing to absence, illness or any other cause, the senior most (in order to the appointment) member of the District Forum shall discharge the functions of the President until the day on which the President resumes the charge of his functions.

(8) The President or any member ceasing to hold office as such shall not hold any appointment in or be connected with the man¬agement or administration of an organisation which have been the subject of any proceeding under the Act during his tenure for a period of 5 years from the date on which he ceases to hold such office.

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