(1) With effect from such dated as the Central Government Constitution of may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint in this the Authority.
behalf, there shall be constituted for the purposes of this Act Act an Authority to be called the National Highways Authority of India.
(2) The Authority shall be a body corporate by the aforesaid having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power, subject to the provisions of this Act, to ac1u9ire, hold and dispose of property, both movable and immovable, and to contract and shall by the said name sue and be used.
(3) The Authority shall consist of –
(i) a Chairman;
(ii) not more than five full-time members; and
(iii) not more than four part-time members, to be appointed by the Central government by notification in the Official Gazette.
3. The term of office and other conditions of service of the members Term of office shall be office and such as may be prescribed. and conditions of ` service of members.
Disqualifications for appointment as member.
4. A person shall be disqualified for being appointed as a member if he –
(a) has been convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for an offence which, in the opinion of the Central Government, involves moral turpitude; or
(b) is an undischarged insolvent; or (c ) is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent Court; or
(d) has been removed or dismissed from the service of the Government or a corporation owned or controlled by the Government; or
(e) has, in the opinion of the Central Government, such financial or other interest in the Authority as is likely to affect prejudicially the discharge by him of his functions as a member.
6. Subject to the other terms and conditions of service as may be Eligibility of prescribed, any person ceasing to be a member shall be eligible for member for of reappointment as ‘such member’. reappointment.