Cyber Appellate Tribunal (Procedure for Investigation of Misbehaviour or Incapacity of Chairperson and Members) Rules, 2009.

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....es, 2003, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely :- 1. Short title and commencement.- (1) These rules may be called the Cyber Appellate. Tribunal (Procedure for Investigation of Misbehaviour or Incapacity of Chairperson and Members) Rules, 2009. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. Definitions.- (1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "Act" means the Information Technology Act 2000 (21 of 2000); (b) "Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Cyber Appellate Tribunal appointed under section 49 of the Act; (b) "Committee" means a C....

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....ation, which may include recording of evidence of the complainant and collection of material under rule 4, which may be relevant to the conduct of inquiry. (4) The Committee shall submit its findings to the President as early as possible within a period that may be specified by the President in this behalf. 4. Judge to conduct inquiry.- (1) If, the President, on receipt of the report of the Committee under sub-rule (4) of rule 3, is of the opinion that there are reasonable grounds for making an inquiry into the truth of any imputation of misbehaviour or incapacity of the Chairperson or the Member, as the case maybe, then, he shall make a reference to the Chief Justice of India requesting him to nominate a Judge of the Supreme Court to....

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....hin the time specified in this behalf by the Judge (8) The Medical Board shall undertake such medical examination of the Chairperson or the Member, as the case may be, as may be considered necessary to and submit a report to the Judge stating therein whether the incapacity is such as to render the Chairperson or the Member, as the case maybe, unfit to continue in office. (9) If the Chairperson or the Member, as the case maybe, refuses to undergo such medical examination as considered necessary by the Medical Board, the Board shall submit a report to the Judge stating therein the examination which the Chairperson or the Member, as the case maybe, has refused to undergo, and the Judge may, on receipt of such report, presume that the Cha....