Section 4:
Composition of Committee.
The Committee shall consist of the following members, namely:--
(i) three members of Parliament of whom two are to be nominated by the Speaker of the House
of the People from among its Muslim members, and one by the Chairman of the Council of States
from among its Muslim members:
Provided that a member of Parliament shall, upon ceasing to be a member, cease to be a
member of the Committee and the Speaker of the House of the People or the Chairman of the
Council of States, as the case may be, shall make a fresh nomination upon request by the Central
Government;
(ii) nine Muslim members of the Committee shall be elected, three from those States sending
largest number of pilgrims during last three years and one each from the zones as specified in the
Schedule, in such manner as may be prescribed:
Provided that not more than one member shall be elected from a State falling in the zone as
specified in the Schedule;
(iii) four persons not below the rank of Joint Secretary to the Government of India nominated
by that Government to represent the Ministries of External Affairs, Home, Finance and Civil
Aviation, as ex officio members;
(iv) seven Muslim members shall be nominated by the Central Government from among the
following categories of persons, namely:--
(a) two members who have special knowledge of public administration, finance, education,
culture or social work and out of whom one shall be a Shia Muslim;
(b) two women members, out of them one shall be Shia Muslim;
(c) three members who have special knowledge of Muslim theology and law, out of them one
shall be a Shia Muslim.