Section 4, The Independent Media Commission Act, 2000. [Margin: Short title.]

(1) The Commission shall consist of a Chairman and ten other members all of whom shall be appointed by the President acting on the advice of SLAJ and subject to the approval of Parliament. [Margin: Composition of Commission.] (2) The Chairman shall serve on a full-time basis and shall be either a person with wide experience as a media practitioner or a legal practitioner qualified to hold office as a Judge of the High Court of Sierra Leone and the other members who shall serve on part-time basis, comprising— (a) two legal practitioners each of whom is qualified to hold office as a Judge of the High Court of Sierra Leone; (b) two experts in the field of telecommunications; (c) two experts in the field of radio or television; (d) two experts in the field of print journalism; (e) a representative of the Minister responsible for information who shall be an ex-officio member; and (f) a representative of SLAJ who shall be an ex-officio member.