law: The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 
  4. Appointment of Chairperson and Members on recommendations of
  
  Selection Committee.
  1.       The
  
  Chairperson and Members shall be appointed by the President after obtaining the
  
  recommendations of a Selection Committee consisting of-
  a.     
  
    the Prime Minister-Chairperson;
  b.    
  
    the Speaker of the House of the People-Member;
  c.     
  
    the Leader of Opposition in the House of the People-Member;
  d.    
  
    the Chief Justice of India or a Judge of the Supreme Court
  
  nominated by him-Member;
  e.     
  
    one eminent jurist, as recommended by the Chairperson and
  
  Members referred to in clauses (a ) to (d ) above, to be nominated
  
  by the President-Member.
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  2.       No
  
  appointment of a Chairperson or a Member shall be invalid merely by reason of
  
  any vacancy in the Selection Committee.
  3.       The
  
  Selection Committee shall for the purposes of selecting the Chairperson and
  
  Members of the Lokpal and for preparing a panel of persons to be considered for
  
  appointment as such, constitute a Search Committee consisting of at least seven
  
  persons of standing and having special knowledge and expertise in the matters
  
  relating to anti-corruption policy, public administration, vigilance, policy
  
  making, finance including insurance and banking, law and management or in any
  
  other matter which, in the opinion of the Selection Committee, may be useful in
  
  making the selection of the Chairperson and Members of the Lokpal:
  Provided that not less than fifty per cent. of the members of
  
  the Search Committee shall be from amongst the persons belonging to the
  
  Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, Minorities and
  
  women:
  Provided further that the Selection Committee may also consider
  
  any person other than the persons recommended by the Search Committee.
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  4.       The
  
  Selection Committee shall regulate its own procedure in a transparent manner
  
  for selecting the Chairperson and Members of the Lokpal.
  5.       The
  
  term of the Search Committee referred to in sub-section (3 ), the fees
  
  and allowances payable to its members and the manner of selection of panel of
  
  names shall be such as may be prescribed.