The Wage Board shall consist of an equal number of persons nominated by the1[State] Government to represent employers and employees and such number of independent persons as the1[State] Government nominates. The Chairman shall be appointed by the1[State] Government.
Explanation.-For the purposes of this section a person shall be deemed to be an independent person if he is unconnected with matter which may be referred to it under section 86C2[or 86CC] and the industry directly affected by the industrial matter.
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1. This word was substituted for the word "Provincial" by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950.
2. The word, figures and letters were inserted by Bom. 63 of 1953, s. 20.