Copyright Act, 1957
3. Terms and conditions of office of the
Chairman and members of the Copyright Board –
(1) The Chairman and other members of the
Copyright Board shall be appointed for such period not exceeding five years as
the Central Government may in each case deem fit .
(2) The Chairman and other members of the
Copyright Board shall, on the expiry of the period of their appointment, be
eligible for reappointment.
(3) The Chairman or any other member of the
Copyright Board may resign his office by giving three months notice in writing
to the Central Government.
(4) The Chairman or any other member of the
Copyright Board shall be paid such salary or honorarium as may be determined by
the Central Government in each case.
(5) A non-official appointed as the Chairman
or other member of the Copyright Board shall be entitled to traveling
allowances for journeys performed on duty and to daily allowances for the
period spent on duty on the scale provided in the rules applicable to the class
of officers to which the Central Government may declare him to correspond in
status:
Provided that it shall be competent for the
Central Government to provide a different scale of such allowances if the
circumstances of any case so require.
(6) An official appointed as the chairman or
other member of the Copyright Board shall be entitled to such traveling
allowances for journeys performed on duty and to such daily allowances for the
period spent on duty as may be admissible to him as such official.
(7) The other conditions of service of the
Chairman and other members of the Copyright Board shall be regulated by orders
made in that behalf by the Central Government from time to time.