(1) For the purpose of this Act, there shall be a Tribunal called the Agricultural Lands Tribunal for each tahsil or taluka or for such area as the State Government may think fit:
[Provided that it shall be lawful for the State Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, from time to time, to alter the local limits of the jurisdiction of the Tribunal or to abolish the Tribunal so constituted or reconstitute the Tribunal for such area as may be specified in the notification; and in any such case, to arrange for transfer of proceedings pending before any Tribunal on the date of such alteration or reconstitution.]
(2) The State Government may appoint an officer not below the rank of a Tahsildar to be the Tribunal and to exercise the powers and perform the duties and functions of the Tribunal under this Act in a tahsil or taluka or any other area referred to in sub-section (1):
Provided that the State Government may for any area constitute a Tribunal consisting of not less than three members of whom-
(a) at least one shall be a person who is holding or has held a judicial office not lower in rank than that of a civil judge or who is qualified to practise as a lawyer in the State of Bombay, and
(b) one shall be appointed to be the President of the Tribunal; and the Tribunal so constituted shall exercise the powers and perform the duties and functions of the Tribunal under this Act.
Explanation.- In this section lawyer means any person entitled to appear and plead for another in Court in the State and includes an advocate, a vakil and an attorney of the High Court of [Maharashtra].