Disaster Management Act, 2005
Chapter IV: District
Disaster Management Authority
25. Constitution of
District Disaster Management Authority.-
1.
Every
State Government shall, as soon as may be after issue of notification under
sub-section (1) of section 14, by notification in the Official Gazette,
establish a District Disaster Management Authority for every district in the
State with such name as may be specified in that notification.
2.
The
District Authority shall consist of the Chairperson and such number of other
members, not exceeding seven, as may be prescribed by the State Government, and
unless the rules otherwise provide, it shall consist of the following, namely:-
a.
the
Collector or District Magistrate or Deputy Commissioner, as the case may be, of
the district who shall be Chairperson, ex officio;
b.
the
elected representative of the local authority who shall be the co-Chairperson,
ex officio:
Provided that in the Tribal Areas, as
referred to in the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution, the Chief Executive
Member of the district council of autonomous district, shall be the
co-Chairperson, ex officio;
a.
b.
c.
the
Chief Executive Officer of the District Authority, ex officio;
d.
the
Superintendent of Police, ex officio;
e.
the
Chief Medical Officer of the district, ex officio;
f.
not
exceeding two other district level officers, to be appointed by the State
Government.
1.
2.
3.
In
any district where zila parishad exists, the Chairperson thereof shall be the
co-Chairperson of the District Authority.
4.
The
State Government shall appoint an officer not below the rank of Additional
Collector or Additional District Magistrate or Additional Deputy Commissioner,
as the case may be, of the district to be the Chief Executive Officer of the
District Authority to exercise such powers and perform such functions as may be
prescribed by the State Government and such other powers and functions as may
be delegated to him by the District Authority.