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1) There shall be constituted a body to be known as the Central Vigilance Commission to exercise the powers conferred upon, and to perform the functions assigned to it under this Act and the Central Vigilance Commission constituted under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Central Vigilance Commission Ordinance, 1999 (Ord. 4 of 1999) which ceased to operate, and continued under the Government of India in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of Personnel and Training) Resolution No. 371/20/99-AVD. III, dated the 4th April, 1999 as amended vide Resolution of even number, dated the 13th August, 2002 shall be deemed to be the Commission constituted under this Act.
(2) The Commission shall consist of— (a) a Central Vigilance Commissioner — Chairperson;
(b) not more than two Vigilance Commissioners — Members.
(3) The Central Vigilance Commissioner and the Vigilance Commissioners shall be appointed from amongst persons— (a) who have been or are in an All-India Service or in any civil service of the Union or in a civil