Schedule I of The Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925 — Sikh Gurdwaras

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1. (1)The Board shall consist of—
   1. (i)one hundred and thirty-two elected members;
   2. (ii)the head ministers of the Darbar Sahib, Amritsar and the following four Takhats, namely,— The Sri Akal Takhat Sahib, Amritsar; the Sri Takhat Kesgarh Sahib, Anandpur; the Sri Takhat Patna Sahib, Patna and the Sri Takhat Hazur Sahib, Hyderabad Deccan;
   3. (iii)twenty-one members resident in India of whom at least twelve shall be residents of PEPSU, at least nine of other parts of India than Punjab and PEPSU and not more than four of Punjab, co-opted by the members of the Board as described in clauses (i) and (ii).
2. (2)The State Government shall, as soon as may be, call a meeting of the members of the Board described in clauses (i) and (ii) of sub-section (1) for the purpose of co-opting the members described in clause (iii) of that sub-section, and after the members have been co-opted, the State Government shall notify the fact of the Board having been duly constituted and the date of the publication of the notification shall be deemed to be the date of the constitution of the Board.