(1) As soon as may be, after the issue of a direction Constitution under section 9, the Land Improvement Board may 2c.n- District stitute for the district in which the whole or part of the Commit tees.
notified area is situated a committee called the Distrl;i.
Land Improvement Committee consisthg of-
(i) the Collector who shall be the Chairmar.,, ex-o$Gcio ;
(ii) the District Forest Officer, ex-oJ6cio ;
(iii) the District Agricultural Officer, ex -of$co ;
(iv) the Agricultural Assistant Engineer who shall be the Land Improvement Officer, ex-oficio ;
(v) not more than four members of the State Legislature and the Parliament from the district, nc~ninaied by the Cc,llector; and
(vi) a member who is an active and prog~essive agriculturist directly concerned with the cultivation of land, nominated by the Collector.
(2) 'ihe Collector shall preside over the meetings of the District Committee.
(3) The Land Improvement Officer shall. be the ex-oficio Secretary to the District Committee.