MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS NOTIFICATION

Rules MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 5th December, 2002 G.S.R. 801(E) - In exercise of the powers conferred by section 44 of the Haj Committee Act, 2002, the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely :- THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [Part II-Sec.3(i)] PART I NOMINATION OR ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE Provided that if any member nominated under this sub-rule,- (a) ceases to be a member of the House of the People or, as the case may be,Council of States; or (b) becomes subject to any of the disqualifications specified in section 12, the Central Government shall invite fresh nominations from the Speaker of the House of the People or the Chairman of the Council of States , as the case may be. (2) The procedure for the election of the nine members of the Committee as mentioned in clause (ii) of section 4 shall be as follows, namely :- (a) ( i ) the meeting of the State Haj Committees in each zone shall be convened by the Central Government in New Delhi or in one of the State Capitals in the concerned zone; ( ii ) each meeting referred to in sub-clause (i) shall be presided over by an officer of the Central Government in the Ministry of External Affairs, not below the rank of an Under Secretary to that Government; (b) ( i ) the assembled members of the State Haj Committees of each zone shall elect one Muslim member from amongst themselves; ( ii ) the presiding officer referred to in sub-clause (ii) of clause (a) shall, at the end of the election process in each zone, certify the election of the member concerned and upon such certification the election of the member concerned shall be deemed to be final; (c) ( i ) the State Haj Committees of three States sending largest number of pilgrims during the last three years as

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