Consumer Protection Act Section 55 — Qualifications, etc., of President and members of National Commission
CHAPTER IV CONSUMER DISPUTER REDRESSAL COMMISSION
Civil
Summary
Sub-section (1) states that the Central Government may, through official notification, create rules covering the qualifications, appointment, term of office, salaries and allowances, resignation, removal, and other service conditions for the President and members of the National Commission. However, the President and members must hold office for a term set in those rules, which cannot exceed five years from the date they start their position, and they can be reappointed. Additionally, no President or member can continue in office beyond a maximum age specified in the rules, which is capped at seventy years for the President and sixty-seven years for any other member.
Sub-section (2) provides that once a person is appointed as President or member of the National Commission, their salary, allowances, and other service conditions cannot be changed in a way that puts them at a disadvantage after the appointment.
Official Text
(1) The Central Government may, by notification, make rules to provide for qualifications, appointment, term of office, salaries and allowances, resignation, removal and other terms and conditions of service of the President and members of the National Commission:
Provided that the President and members of the National Commission shall hold office for such term as specified in the rules made by the Central Government but not exceeding five years from the date on which he enters upon his office and shall be eligible for re-appointment:
Provided further that no President or members shall hold office as such after he has attained such age as specified in the rules made by the Central Government which shall not exceed,—
(a) in the case of the President, the age of seventy years;
(b) in the case of any other member, the age of sixty-seven years.
(2) Neither the salary and allowances nor the other terms and conditions of service of President and members of the National Commission shall be varied to his disadvantage after his appointment.