Section 13 — Vigilance Committees.

13. Vigilance Committees.—(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 merely by reason of any defect in the 

constitution, or in the proceedings, of the Vigilance Committee.