(1) As soon as may be after the commencement of this the1 [State] Government shall constitute a committee as hereinafter provided and entrust it with the management and control of the temple land and the properties appertaining thereto.
(2) The Committee shall consist of a Chairman and eight members nominated by the [1] [State] Government, all of whom shall be Indians and of whom four shall be Buddhists and four shall be Hindus including the Mahanth:
Provided that if the Mahanth is a minor or of unsound mind or refuses to serve on the committee another Hindu member shall be nominated in his place.
(3) The District Magistrate of Gaya shall be the ex-officio Chairman of the Committee:
Provided that the1 [State] Government shall nominate a Hindu as Chairman of the Committee for the period during which the district Magistrate of Gaya is non-Hindu.
(4) The [1] [State] Government shall nominate a person from among the members to act as Secretary of the Committee.
2 Tncorporation of Committee
4. The Committee shall be a body corporate by the name of the Bodh Gaya Temple Management Committee, having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to acquire and hold property, both movable and immovable, and to contract, and shall by the said name sue or be sued.
Term of office of members