law: Bonded Labor System (Abolition) Act, 1976 
  
  13. VIGILANCE COMMITTEE. – 
  (1) Every State Government shall, by
  
  notification in the Official Gazette, constitute such number of Vigilance
  
  Committees in each district and each Sub-Division as it may think fit.
  (2) Each Vigilance Committee, constituted for
  
  a district, shall consist of the following members, namely- 
  (a) the District Magistrate, or a
  
  person nominated by him, who shall be the Chairman;
  (b) three persons belonging to
  
  the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes and residing in the District, to be
  
  nominated by the District Magistrate;
  (c) two social workers, resident
  
  in the district, to be nominated by the District Magistrate;
  (d) not 
  
  more than three persons to represent the official or non- official 
  agencies in the district
  
  connected with rural development, to be nominated by the State
  
  Government;
  (e) one 
  
  person to represent the financial and credit institutions in the district, to
  
  be nominated by the District Magistrate;
  (3) Each Vigilance Committee, constituted for
  
  a Sub-Division, shall consist of the following members, namely- 
  (a) the 
  
  Sub-Divisional Magistrate, or a person nominated by him, who shall be the
  
  Chairman;
  (b) three persons belonging to
  
  the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes and residing in the Sub-Division, to
  
  be nominated by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate;
  (c) two 
  
  social workers, resident in the Sub-Division to be nominated by the
  
  Sub-Divisional Magistrate;
  (d) not 
  
  more than three persons to represent the official or non- official agencies in
  
  the Sub-Division connected with rural development to be nominated by the
  
  District Magistrate.
  (e) one 
  
  person to represent the financial and credit institutions in the Sub-Division,
  
  to be nominated by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate;
  (f) one officer specified under
  
  Section 10 and functioning in the Sub-Division.
  (4) Each Vigilance Committee shall regulate
  
  its own procedure and secretarial assistance, as may be necessary, shall be
  
  provided by- 
  (a) the 
  
  District Magistrate, in the case of a Vigilance Committee constituted for the
  
  district;
  (b) the 
  
  Sub-Divisional Magistrate, in the case of a Vigilance Committee constituted for
  
  the Sub-Division.
  (5) No proceeding of a
  
  Vigilance Committee shall be invalid by reason of any defect in the
  
  constitution, or in the proceedings, of the Vigilance Committee.