Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 · Chapter II: Corporation, Standing Committee and Medical Benefit Council
Section 9: Term of office of members of Standing Committee
The Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 was repealed and replaced by the Code on Social Security, 2020 from 21 November 2025. It still applies to matters and proceedings from before that date, as the repealing law provides.
(1) Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, the term of office of a member of the Standing Committee, other than a member referred to in clause (a) or [clause (b) or clause (bb)] of section 8, shall be two years from the date on which his election is notified:
Provided that a member of the Standing Committee shall, notwithstanding the expiry of the said period of two years, continue to hold office until the election of his successor is notified:
Provided further that a member of the Standing Committee shall cease to hold office when he ceases to be a member of the Corporation.
(2) A member of the Standing Committee referred to in clause (a) or [clause (b) or clause (bb)] of section 8 shall hold office during the pleasure of the Central Government.
Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the text of the Act as it stood before its repeal. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
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