Section 3: Establishment and composition of Corporation.

(1)With effect from such date as the Central Government may by notification appointin this behalf, there shall be established for the purposes of this Act aCorporation, to be known as the Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation ofIndia).

(2) The Corporation shall be a body corporate by the nameaforesaid, having perpetual succession and a common seal with power to acquire,hold and dispose of property, both movable and immovable, and to contract, andshall by the said name sue and be sued.

(3) The headquarters of the Corporation shall be at NewDelhi and the Corporation may establish offices, kendras or stations at otherplaces in India and, with the previous approval of the Central Government,outside India.

(4) The general superintendence, direction and managementof the affairs of the Corporation shall vest in the Prasar Bharati Board whichmay exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercisedor done by the Corporation under this Act.

(5) The Board shall consist of—

(a) a Chairman;

(b) oneExecutive Member;

(c) one Member(Finance);

(d) one Member(Personnel);

(e) six Part-time Members;

(f) Director-General(Akashvani), ex officio;

(g) Director-General (Doordarshan), ex officio;

(h) onerepresentative of the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, to be nominated by that Ministry; and

(i) tworepresentatives of the employees of the Corporation, of whom one shall beelected by the engineering staff from amongst themselves and one shall beelected by the other employees from amongst themselves.

(6) The Corporation may appoint such committees as may benecessary for the efficient performance, exercise and discharge of its functions, powers and duties:

Provided that all or a majority of the members of eachcommittee shall be Members and a member of any such committee who is not aMember shall have only the right to attend meetings of the committee and takepart in the proceedings thereof, but shall not have the right to vote.

(7) The Corporation may associate with itself, in suchmanner and for such purposes as may be provided by regulations, any person whoseassistance or advice it may need in complying with any of the provisions of thisAct and a person so associated shall have the right to take part in thediscussions of the Board relevant to the purposes of which he has beenassociated, but shall not have the right to vote.

(8) No act or proceeding of the Board or of any committeeappointed by it under sub-section (6) shall be invalidated merely by reason of—

(a) any vacancy in, or any defect in the constitution of,the Board or such committee; or

(b) any defect in the appointment of a person acting as aMember or a member of such committee;or

(c) any irregularity in the procedure of the Board or suchcommittee not affecting the merits of the case.