(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, constitute, for the purposes of this Act, an Archival Advisory Board to be called as the Maharashtra Archival Advisory Board.
(2) The Board shall consist of the following members, namely :-
( a ) the Secretary to Government, Cultural Affairs Department ex officio Chairman ; (b) one officer not below the rank of Joint Secretary to Government, each from General Administration Department, Finance Department, Revenue Department and Planning Department ex officio members ; ( c ) three persons to be nominated by the State Government for a period not exceeding three years, one being an Archivist and two being Professors in the Post-graduate Department of History in a Statutory University members ; ( d ) the Director of the Department of Archives ex officio Member - Secretary.
(3) The members nominated under clause (c) of sub-section (2) shall be paid such allowances as may be prescribed.