64UJ. Power of the Advisory Committee to constitute Regional Committees.- (1) The Advisory Committee may constitute such Regional Committees as and when it deems fit for one or more of the prescribed regions. (2) Each Regional Committee shall consist of not more than seven persons of which not more than five shall be elected by such groups of insurers carrying on general insurance business in the region as may be prescribed and not more than two shall be nominated by the Authority. (3) For the purpose of enabling it effectively to discharge its duties, and Regional Committee may constitute such sub committees as it may think fit, whether consisting of members of the Regional Committee or not. (4) It shall be the duty of every Regional committee to advise the Advisory Committee on any question connected with the fixation of rates, advantages, terms and conditions for risks in its region which may be referred to it by the Advisory Committee for advice, and in addition, every Regional Committee shall perform such other functions as may be delegated to it by the Advisory Committee by regulations made by it with the previous approval of the Central Government. (5) Where, in the exercise of any functions delegated to it under this section any Regional Committee or any sub committee thereof restrains an insurance agent from procuring or causing to be procured general insurance business in any area, such agent may prefer an appeal to the Authority against such order within thirty days from the date of service of that order on him and the Authority may after giving such agent an opportunity of being heard, pass such orders thereon as it may think fit and the orders made by the Authority on such appeal shall be final. (6) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section every Regional Council and every Sectional or other Committee of the Regional Council, in existence immediately before the commencement of the Insurance (Amendment) Act, 1968, shall, until it is abolished by the Advisory Committee, be deemed to be a Regional Committee or sub committee as the case may be, established in accordance with the provisions of this section and shall function as such and shall have all the powers and responsibilities which it had immediately before such commencement, and if the term of any such Council or Committee expires before Regional Committees constituted under sub section (1) and subcommittees constituted under sub section (3) come into existence, such terms shall be deemed to have been validly extended up to the time when such Regional Committees and sub committees are established. | 
