The Central Government shall constitute an Appellate Tribunal consisting of as many judicial and accountant members as it thinks fit to exercise the powers and discharge the functions conferred on the Appellate Tribunal by this Act.
A judicial member shall be a person who has for at least ten years held a judicial office in the territory of India or who has been a member of the Indian Legal Service and has held a post in Grade II of that Service or any equivalent or higher post for at least three years or who has been an advocate for at least ten years. However, in certain cases, his past experience may also be considered for computing the period of 3 years\10 years.
An accountant member shall be a person who had for at least ten years been in the practice of accountancy as a chartered accountant under the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949, or as a registered accountant under any law formerly in force or partly as a registered accountant and partly as a chartered accountant, or who has been a member of the Indian Income-tax Service, Group A, and has held the post of Additional Commissioner of Income-tax or any equivalent or higher post for at least three years.
The Central Government shall appoint—
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a person who is a sitting or retired Judge of a High Court and who has completed not less than seven years of service as a Judge in a High Court; or
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one of the Vice-Presidents of the Appellate Tribunal to be the President thereof.
The Central Government may appoint one or more members of the Appellate Tribunal to be the Vice-President or, as the case may be, Vice-Presidents thereof.
The Vice-President shall exercise such of the powers and perform such of the functions of the President as may be delegated to him by the President by a general or special order in writing. |
