Bihar Consumer Protection (appointment, salary, allowances and conditions of service of President and Members of the State Commission and District Forum) Rules, 2019

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    "title": "Bihar Consumer Protection (appointment, salary, allowances and conditions of service of President and Members of the State Commission and District Forum) Rules, 2019",
    "short_title": "Bihar Consumer Protection (appointment, salary, allowances and conditions of service of President and Members of the State Commission and District Forum) Rules, 2019",
    "act_number": "Published vide Notification No. P2B1-25/2018/2785,",
    "act_year": 2019,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Bihar",
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    "description": "Bihar Consumer Protection (appointment, salary, allowances and conditions of service of President and Members of the State Commission and District Forum) Rules, 2019",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title, extent and commencement.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) 'Act' means the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (68 of 1986);\n(b) 'District Forum' means the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum established under clause (a) of section 9 of the Act;\n(c) 'Member' means a Member of the District Forum appointed under sub-section (1) (b) of Section 10 of the Act; or a Member of the State Commission appointed under sub-section (1) (b) of Section 16 of the Act, as the case may be;\n(d) 'President' means the President of the District Forum appointed under subsection (1) (a) of Section 10 of the Act; or the President of the State Commission appointed under sub-section (1) (a) of Section 16 of the Act, as the case may be;\n(e) 'Selection committee' means the Selection Committee constituted under section 10(1A) or section 16(1A), as the case may be;\n(f) 'State Commission' means the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission established under clause (b) of section 9 of the Act;\n(g) Words and expressions used in these rules and not defined but defined in the Act shall have the same meaning respectively assigned to them in the Act.",
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        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Mode of appointments in District Fora.",
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        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Mode of appointment in the State Commission.",
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            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Selection of the President and Members of District Forum.",
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            "content": "(a) in case of candidates having judicial background, on the basis of the judgements and other judicial orders passed by such candidates;\n(b) in case of candidates having experience of working under the Central Government or any State Government or an undertaking under the Central Government or the State Government, on the basis of their available Annual Confidential Reports for the last ten years and their experience relevant to the post applied for;\n(c) in other cases, on the basis of performance in a written test consisting of two papers as per the following scheme. The qualifying marks in each paper shall be 50%:\nPaper\nPaper\nTopics\nTopics\nNature of test\nNature of test\nMax.marks\nMax.marks\nDuration\nDuration\nPaper- I\n(a) General\n\t\t\t\tKnowledge and current affairs\n(b) Knowledge of\n\t\t\t\tConstitution of India\n(c) Knowledge of various Consumer related Laws\n\t\t\t\tas indicated in the schedule.\nObjective Type\n100\n2 hours\nPaper- II\n(a) One Essay on\n\t\t\t\ttopics chosen from issues on trade & commerce, consumer\n\t\t\t\trelated issues or Public Affairs\n(b) One case study of a consumer case for\n\t\t\t\ttesting the abilities of analysis and cogent drafting of orders\nDescriptive type\n100\n3 hours",
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        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Selection of the President of the State Commission.",
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        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Selection of Members of the State Commission.",
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            "content": "(a) in the case of candidates having judicial background, on the basis of the judgements and other judicial orders passed by such candidates;\n(b) in the case of candidates having experience of working under the Central Government or any State Government or an undertaking under the Central Government or the State Government, on the basis of their available Annual Confidential Reports for the last ten years and their experience relevant to the post applied for;\n(c) In other cases, on the basis of a written test of two papers as per the following scheme. The qualifying marks in each paper shall be 50%.\nPaper- I\nPaper- I\nTopics\nTopics\nNature of test\nNature of test\nMax. marks\nMax. marks\nDuration\nDuration\nPaper- I\n(a) General Knowledge\n\t\t\t\tand Current Affairs\n(b) Broad features of\n\t\t\t\tthe Code of Civil Procedure\n(c) Knowledge of\n\t\t\t\tvarious Consumer related Laws as indicated in the schedule.\n(d) Knowledge of Constitution of India\nObjective Type\n100\n2 hours\nPaper- II\n(a) One Essay on\n\t\t\t\ttopics chosen from issues on trade & commerce, consumer\n\t\t\t\trelated issues or Public Affairs\n(b) One case study of a consumer case for\n\t\t\t\ttesting the abilities of analysis and cogent drafting of orders.\nDescriptive type\n100\n3 hours",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 6
        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Salaries/Remunerations of the whole time President and Members of District Forum.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Salaries/Remunerations of the part-time President and Members of District Fora.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 8
        },
        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Salaries/Remunerations of the whole-time President and Members of the State Commission.",
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            "sort_order": 9
        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Salaries/Remuneration of the part-time Members of the State Commission.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 10
        },
        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Leave and Medical treatment and hospital facilities to the whole-time appointees.",
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            "content": "13.\n14.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Removal of President and Members of State Commission and District Forum from office in certain circumstances.",
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            "content": "(a) has been adjudged as an insolvent; or\n(b) has been convicted of an offence which, in the opinion of the State Government, involves moral turpitude; or\n(c) has become physically or mentally incapable of acting as the President or the Member; or\n(d) has acquired such financial or other interest as is likely to affect prejudicially his functions as the President or a Member; or\n(e) has so abused his position as to render his continuance in office prejudicial to the public interest; or\n(f) remains absent in three consecutive sittings except without leave or for reasons beyond his control.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 12
        },
        {
            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Savings.",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "Last Updated 5th February, 2020 [bh682]",
        "Act Number": "Published vide Notification No. P2B1-25/2018/2785, dated 26.06.2019",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "2019",
        "Short Title": "Bihar Consumer Protection (appointment, salary, allowances and conditions of service of President and Members of the State Commission and District Forum) Rules, 2019",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Bihar"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}