3. Appointment of Administrator-General.—(1) The State Government shall appoint an
Administrator-General for the State:
Provided that nothing herein contained shall be deemed to bar the appointment of the same person as
Administrator-General for two or more States.
(2) No person shall be appointed to the office of Administrator-General unless he has been for at
least—
(a) seven years an advocate; or
(b) seven years an attorney of a High Court; or
(c) ten years a member of the judicial service of a State; or
(d) five years a Deputy Administrator-General.
4. Appointment and powers of Deputy Administrator-General.—(1) The State Government may
appoint a Deputy or Deputies to assist the Administrator-General; and any Deputy so appointed shall,
subject to the control of the State Government and the general or special orders of the
Administrator-General, be competent to discharge any of the duties and to exercise any of the powers of
the Administrator-General, and when discharging such duties or exercising such powers shall have the
same privileges and be subject to the same liabilities as the Administrator-General.
1. The words “except the State of Jammu and Kashmir” omitted by Act 25 of 1968, s. 2 and the Schedule (w.e.f. 15-8-1968).
2. 1st March, 1964, vide notification No. S.O. 588, dated 11th February, 1964, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,
sec. 3(ii).
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(2) No person shall be appointed as a Deputy under this section unless he has been for at least three
years—
(a) an advocate; or
(b) an attorney of a High Court; or
(c) a member of the judicial service of a State.
5. Incorporation.—The Administrator-General shall be a corporation sole by the name of
Administrator-General of the State for which he is appointed, and, as such Administrator-General, shall
have perpetual succession and an official seal, and may sue and be sued in his corporate name.