(1) The State Government shall, subject to the provisions of Section 6, publish the names of the members of the committee of each Revenue Commissioner's Division, constituted under the said section appointing one member as its Chairman and another as Convener.
(2 ) The Committee shall hold its meeting at the headquarters of the Revenue Commissioner of the Division for which it is constituted.
(3) Every meeting of the Committee, shall be presided over by the Chairman and in his absence by the Convener. If both the Chairman and the Convener are absent, the members present shall elect one of the members present as the Chairman and hold the meeting.
(4) The Convener shall fix the date, time and place of meeting of the Committee and intimate the same in writing to all the members of the Committee. The acknowledgement of all the members of having received the intimation shall be kept on record.
(5) Four members of the Committee shall constitute the quorum.
(6) The proceedings of the meeting shall be prepared in Hindi written in Devanagri script so as to clearly bring out the Committee's recommendations regarding the fair and reasonable price at which tendu leaves may be purchased from the growers other than the State Government, Gaon Sabha, or other local authority and also its advice on such other matters including the labour rules to be paid to the labourers in connection with the collection of tendu leaves by agents or other agencies as may be referred to it by the State Government.
(7) The proceedings shall be approved by the person presiding over the meeting and his approval shall be taken as final proof of the authenticity of the Committee's recommendations.
(8) The Committee's advice shall be conveyed to State Government through the proceedings of the meetings, which shall be sent so as to reach the Secretary to the Government, Forest Department by the 15th December or such other date as the State Government may fix for a particular calendar year. The State Government may, however, in a special case allow a Committee such further time as may be considered proper. The request for further time on behalf of a Committee should be made well in advance by the Convener.
(9) Prices fixed under section 7 shall be published in both Hindi and English in the Gazette and if deemed necessary in such newspapers also having circulation in the revenue division concerned, as may be decided by the Conservator of Forests concerned.