The consultants appointed from time to time by the Board under the Act, shall render services on contract basis and shall be paid fees or honorarium or emoluments as fixed by the Board. The Member-Secretary shall prepare a list of qualified persons in the fields of prison & correctional administration, medicine, architecture, engineering, social work, sociology, psychology, psychiatry, industrial management or any activity relating to the functioning of the Board, and present the same before the Board.
The Consultants shall be chosen by the Board from such list, wherever necessary:
Provided that in case of emergency,-
(a) The Member-Secretary may appoint, temporarily, for a period not exceeding six months, such consultants as may, in his opinion, be required for fulfilling the objectives of the Act, and such temporary employment has not been prohibited by any resolution passed by the Board; and
(b) Every appointment made under clause (a) shall be reported by the Member-Secretary to the Board in its next meeting.