Rent Assessment Board

(1) The Minister shall establish Rent Assessment Boards to exercise the powers conferred and perform the duties imposed by this Act. (2) In each judicial district, the Chairperson of the Board shall be the magistrate of that district or such other person as the Minister may from time to time appoint. (3) The Minister shall appoint a panel of persons not exceeding five in number who shall be called Rent Assessors. (4) The Board, at any sitting thereof, shall consist of the Chairperson and two Rent Assessors who shall be selected by the Chairperson from the panel appointed under subsection (3) of this section. (5) All appointments under this section shall be during the Minister’s pleasure. 6 (6) No person shall sit as a member of the Board in any matter in which, if he were a judge or magistrate, he would be disqualified acting on the ground of interest. (7) The establishment of the Board and all appointments shall be published in the Gazette.