(1) The District Authority shall have not more than eight members;
(2) The following shall be ex-officio members of the District Authority:
(i) Chairman, Zilla Parishad;
(ii) District Magistrate;
(iii) Superintendent of Police;
(iv) Chief Judicial Magistrate; and
(v) Government Pleader.
The Administrator may nominate, in consultation with the Chief . I Justice of the High Court, Calcutta other members from amongst
(3) 84 those possessing the qualifications and experience prescribed in sub-rule (4) of this rule.
(4) A person shall not be qualified for nomination as a member of the District Authority unless he/she is-
(a) an eminent Social Worker, preferably a women, who is engaged in the upliftment of the weaker sections of the people, including Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, women, children and rural labour;
(b) an eminent person in the field of law; or
(c) a person or repute who is specially interested in the implementation of the Legal Services Schemes.