law: The Regional Rural Banks Act, 1976
  9.
  
  Board of directors.-
  1.   The Board of
  
  directors shall consist of the Chairman appointed under sub-section (1) of
  
  section 11, and the following other members, namely:--
  a.   two directors, who
  
  are not officers of the Central Government, State Government, Reserve Bank,
  
  National Bank, Sponsor Bank or any other bank, to be nominated by the Central
  
  Government;
  b.   one director, who is
  
  an officer of the Reserve Bank, to be nominated by that Bank;
  c.   one director, who is
  
  an officer of the National Bank, to be nominated by that Bank;
  d.   two directors, who
  
  are officers of the Sponsor Bank, to be nominated by that Bank; and
  e.   two directors, who
  
  are officers of the concerned State Government, to be nominated by that
  
  Government.
  1.  
  
  
  2.   The Central
  
  Government may increase the number of members of the Board; so, however, that
  
  the number of directors does not exceed fifteen in the aggregate and also
  
  prescribe the manner in which the additional number may be filled in.