(1)

On and from the commencement of this Act, there shall be established, for the purpose of this Act, a body to be called the "Lokpal ".

(2)

The Lokpal shall consist of—

1. a Chairperson, who is or has been a Chief Justice of India or is or has been a Judge of the Supreme Court or an eminent person who fulfills the eligibility specified in clause (b) of sub-section (3); and
2. such number of Members, not exceeding eight out of whom fifty per cent. shall be Judicial Members:

(3)

A person shall be eligible to be appointed,—

1. as a Judicial Member if he is or has been a Judge of the Supreme Court or is or has been a Chief Justice of a High Court;
2. as a Member other than a Judicial Member, if he is a person of impeccable integrity and outstanding ability having special knowledge and expertise of not less than twenty-five years in the matters relating to anti-corruption policy, public administration, vigilance, finance including insurance and banking, law and management.

(4)

The Chairperson or a Member shall not be—

1. a member of Parliament or a member of the Legislature of any State or Union territory;

1. a person convicted of any offence involving moral turptitude;
2. a person of less than forty-five years of age, on the date of assuming office as the Chairperson or Member, as the case may be;
3. a member of any Panchayat or Municipality;

1. a person who has been removed or dismissed from the service of the Union or a State,
2. he holds any office of trust or profit, resign from such office; or
3. he is carrying on any business, sever his connection with the conduct and management of such business; or
4. he is practising any profession, cease to practise such profession.