law: Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960
  5. Constitution of the Board. -
  (1) The Board shall consist of the following
  
  persons, namely:-
  (a) the
  
  Inspector-General of Forests, Government of India, ex officio;
  (b) the Animal
  
  Husbandry Commissioner to the Government of India, ex officio;
  (c) one person to
  
  represent such association of veterinary practitioners as in the opinion of the
  
  Central Government ought to be represented on the Board, to be elected by that
  
  association in the prescribed manner;
  (d) two persons to represent
  
  practitioners of modern and indigenous systems of medicine, to be nominated by
  
  the Central Government;
  (e) one person to
  
  represent each of the municipal corporations of Bombay, Calcutta, Delhi and
  
  Madras, and one person to represent any other municipal corporation as, in the
  
  opinion of the Central Government, ought to be represented on the Board, to be
  
  elected by each of the said corporations in the prescribed manner;
  (f) one person to
  
  represent each of such three organizations actively interested in animal
  
  welfare as in the opinion of the Central Government ought to be represented n
  
  the Board, to be chosen by each of the said organizations in the prescribed
  
  manner;
  (g) one person to
  
  represented each of such three societies dealing with prevention of cruelty to
  
  animal as in the opinion of the Central Government ought to be represented on
  
  the Board, to be chosen in the prescribed manner;
  (h) three persons to
  
  be nominated by the Central Government;
  (i) six members of
  
  Parliament, four to be elected by the House of the People (Lok Sabha) and two
  
  by the Council of States (Rajya Sabha).
  (2) Any of the persons referred to in clause
  
  (a) or clause (b) of sub-section (1) may depute any other person to attend any
  
  of the meetings of the Board.
  (3) One of the members of the Board shall be
  
  nominated by the Central Government to be its Chairman.