1. The Board shall comprise 201 members belonging to all the sects and organisations of Indian Muslims.
2. All the members of the Steering Committee of the All India Muslim Personal Law Convention for Protection of Islamic Shariah held at Mumbai on December 27-28, 1972 shall be founder members of the Board.
3. In case of vacancy or vacancies among the founder members, remaining founder members shall in their meeting nominate members for the vacancies. Upon such nomination such members shall have same rights and powers which are enjoyed by other founder members.
4. Nomination of fixed term members shall also be done in a meeting of the founder members. While constituting the Board it shall be kept in view that representation of all the sects, organisations and schools of Islamic jurisprudence is reflected. Besides at least 25 of such members shall be women.

All the members of the Board shall pay an annual membership fee of Rs. Five hundred only. The fee can be enhanced or reduced by the Executive Committee.

1. President
2. Five Vice Presidents
3. One General Secretary
4. Three Secretaries (The Executive Committee may increase this number as per requirement)
5. Treasurer
6. President shall be elected by the members of the Board. Rest of the office bearers shall be nominated from among the members of the Executive Committee by the President in consultation with the Executive Committee.
7. President, Vice Presidents, General Secretary and Treasurer are ex-officio members of the Executive Committee. Secretaries shall be from among the members of the Board.
8. Except founder members, all members of the Board, Executive Committee and office bearers of the Board shall be elected or nominated for a period of three years. The tenure of mid-term nominations shall also correspond to the term. However, all these office bearers shall continue to hold their office till the new election. Besides, they shall be eligible for re-election/nomination.
9. If office of the President is vacated for any reason whatsoever and remaining term of the Board is less than 9 months then the President elected by the members shall continue to hold office for the subsequent term of 3 years as well after completing the remaining term though the fix term members of the relevant period shall retire after completing their term. New members for the next term shall be elected/nominated as per the procedure after end of the term as usual.

The powers and duties of the Board shall be as under:

1. To elect members of the Executive Committee and its President.
2. To discuss, confirm, modify, and reject the decisions and resolutions of the Executive Committee.
3. (i)To accept or reject resignation of the President and filling up of the vacancy.
4. (ii) The President of the Board shall have power to accept resignation of a member with the consultation of the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall have powers to elect or nominate member/s in place of resigning member/s for the remaining term. In case of a founder member the filling up of the vacancy shall be done by the remaining founder members in their meeting. In case of death of a member the Executive Committee shall have powers to elect or nominate member/s in his/her place for the remaining term. However, in case of a founder member, the power shall vest in the remaining founder members.
5. To programme for the issues relating to the area of operation of the Board and to implement decisions and resolutions of the Board.
6. To expel a member after affording him/her an opportunity of being heard if it is found that his/her continuance in the Board is harmful to the objects and interests of the Board.
7. Ordinarily there shall be a meeting of the general body of the Board once in a year. In such a meeting annual report of activities, accounts and annual budget shall be presented. The meeting shall also consider resolutions of the Executive Committee besides considering other resolutions presented before it with prior consent of the President. The meeting may be held more than once if necessary.
8. To strive for donations and contributions for the Board.
9. To do such further acts and deeds necessary for further the objects of the Board.