(2)[ The Board shall consist of--(a)a Chairman to be appointed by the Central Government by notification in the Official Gazette;(b)three Members of Parliament of whom two shall be elected by the House of the People and one by the Council of States; and(c)such number of other members not exceeding twenty-nine as the Central Government may think expedient to be appointed by that Government by notification in the Official Gazette from among persons who are in its opinion capable of representing,--(i)Governments of the principal coffee-growing States;(ii)coffee-growing industry;(iii)coffee trade interests;(iv)curing establishments;(v)interests of labour;(vi)interests of consumers; and(vii)such other interests as, in the opinion of the Central Government, ought to be represented on the Board.(2-A) The number of persons to be appointed as members from each of the categories specified in clause (c) of sub-section (2), the term of office of the procedure to be followed in the discharge of their functions by, and the manner of filling vacancies among, the members of the Board shall be such as may be prescribed.(2-B) Any officer of the Central Government when deputed by that Government in this behalf shall have the right to attend meetings of the Board and take part in the proceedings thereof but shall not be entitled to vote.] [Substituted by Act 48 of 1961, Section 3, for sub-Ss. (2) and (2-A) (w.e.f. 19.4.1962).][* * *] [Sub-Section (3) omitted by Act 48 of 1961, Section 3 (w.e.f. 19.4.1962).]
