Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956
4. Constitution of
the Corporation.-
1.
The
Corporation shall consist of such number of persons not exceeding fifteen 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 contact.