Act Number: 24

Act Name: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997

Year: 1997

Enactment Date: 1997-03-28

Long Title: An Act to provide for the establishment of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India and the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal to regulate the telecommunication services, adjudicate disputes, dispose of appeals and to protect the interests of service providers and consumers of the telecom sector, to promote and ensure orderly growth of the telecom sector and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Communications

Department: Department of Telecommunications

Section 14D: Term of office.
    1[14D. Term of office.-- The Chairperson and every other Member of the Appellate Tribunal shall hold office as such for a term not exceeding three years from the date on which he enters upon his office:
     Provided that no Chairperson or other Member shall hold office as such after he has attained,--
         (a) in the case of Chairperson, the age of seventy years;
         (b) in the case of any other Member, the age of sixty-five years.]
Notes:
1. Subs. by s. 11, ibid., for Chapter IV (w.e.f. 24-1-2000).
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