# 53    Qualifications for appointment as Presiding Officer

(1) A person shall not be qualified for appointment as the Presiding Officer of an Authority unless,--

(a) he is or has been a District Judge; or

(b) he is a qualified legal practitioner for not less than seven years.

(2) A Presiding Officer shall be appointed by the appropriate Government in consultation with the Chief Justice of a High Court in whose jurisdiction the Authority is proposed to be established.