law: Trade Marks Act, 1999  
  84. Composition of Appellate Board .- 
  (1) The Appellate Board shall consist of a
  
  Chairman, Vice –Chairman and such number of other Members, as the Central
  
  Government may, deem fit and , subject to the other provision of this Act, the
  
  jurisdiction, powers and authority of the Appellate Board may be exercised by
  
  Benches thereof.
  (2) Subject to the other provision of this
  
  Act, a bench shall consist of one Judicial Member and one Technical Member and
  
  shall sit at such place as the Central Government may, by notification in the
  
  Official Gazette, specify.
  (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in
  
  sub-section (2), the Chairman - 
  (a) may, in addition
  
  to discharging the functions of the Judicial Member or Technical Member of the
  
  Bench to which he is appointed, discharge the functions of the Judicial Member
  
  or, as the case may be, the Technical Member, of any other Bench.
  (b) may transfer a
  
  Member from one Bench to another Bench.
  (c) may authorize the
  
  Vice –Chairman, the Judicial Member or the Technical Member appointed to one
  
  Bench to discharge also the functions of the Judicial Member or the Technical
  
  Member, as the case may be, of another Bench.
  (4) Where any Benches are constituted, the
  
  Central Government may, from time to time, by notification, make provisions as
  
  to the distribution of the business of the Appellate Board amongst the Benches
  
  and specify the matters which may be dealt with by each Bench.
  (5) If any question arises as to whether any
  
  matter falls within the purview of the business allocated to a Bench, the
  
  decision of the Chairman shall be final.
  Explanation.- For the removal of
  
  doubts, it is hereby declared that the expression "matter" includes
  
  an appeal under section 91.
  (6) If the Members of a Bench differ in
  
  opinion on any point, they shall state the point or points on which they
  
  differ, and make a reference to the Chairman who shall either hear the points
  
  himself or refer the case for hearing on such point or points by one or more of
  
  the other Member and such point or points shall be decided according to the
  
  opinion of the majority of the Members who have heard the case, including those
  
  who first heard it.