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The Administrative Tribunals Act, 1980

( ACT NO. VII OF 1981 )

Administrative Appellate Tribunal
5. (1) The Government shall, by notification in the official Gazette, establish an Administrative Appellate Tribunal for the purpose of this Act.
 
 
1[(2) The Administrative Appellate Tribunal shall consist of one Chairman and two other members who shall be appointed by the Government.
 
 
 
 
(3) The Chairman shall be a person who is, or has been, or is qualified to be a Judge of the Supreme Court, and of the two other members, one shall be a person who is or has been an officer in the service of the Republic not below the rank of Joint Secretary to the Government and the other a person who is or has been a District Judge.
 
 
 
 
(4) The Chairman or any other member of the Administrative Appellate Tribunal shall hold office on such terms and conditions as the Government may determine.]

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    Sub-sections (2), (3) and (4) were substituted for the former sub-sections (2) and (3) by section 2 of the Administrative Tribunals (Amendment) Act, 1987 (Act No. XXX of 1987)
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