Life Insurance Corporation Act,1956
Act No : 31
Section :
Constitution of the Corporation.
4. Constitution of the Corporation. (1) The Corporation shall consist of such number of persons not exceeding 2*[sixteen] as the Central Government may think fit to appoint thereto and one of them shall be appointed by the Central Government to be the Chairman thereof. (2) Before appointing a person to be a member, the Central Government shall satisfy itself that that person will have no such financial or other interest as is likely to affect prejudicially the exercise or performance by him of his functions as a member, and the Central Government shall also satisfy itself from time to time with respect to every member that he has no such interest; and any person who is, or whom the Central Government proposes to appoint and who has consented to be, a member shall, whenever required by the Central Government so to do, furnish to it such information as the Central Government considers necessary for the performance of its duties under this sub-section. (3) A member who is in any way directly or indirectly interested in a contract made or proposed to be made by the Corporation shall, as soon as possible after the relevant circumstances have come to his knowledge, disclose the nature of his interest to the Corporation; and the member shall not take part in any deliberation or discussion of the Corporation with respect to that contract. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Ist September, 1956, see Gazette of India, 1956. Extraordinary, Part II, Sec. 3, p. 1799. 2. Subs. by Act 52 of 1975, s. 40, for "fifteen" (w.e.f. 16-2-1976). 248
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