(1) If the following office- bearers, employees or personalities have contributed to the nation by doing excellent work in their respective fields, the following bodies or authorities shall make a recommendation, along with the description of contributions meetings of the Committee shall be held at such time and
rendered by such office-bearers, employees or personalities, in the format set forth in the Schedule, to the Committee within the specified time:
(a) The Foreign Minister, in the case of heads of state, heads of government, ministers or equivalent official or office-bearers there above and other citizens of foreign countries;
(b) T he Com m i t t e e , i n  t h e  c a s e o f  o f f ic e – b e a r e r s  o f constitutional bodies, and the chief of the concerned constitutional bodies, in the case of employees;
(c) The Secretary General, in the case of the employees of the Secretariat of the Legislative-Parliament;
(d) The concerned Minister, in the case of the employees concerned with any Minister or any persons who are related w ith that Ministry but are not in the government service;
(e) The Minister for Home Affairs, in the case of persons other than those set forth in Clauses (a) to (d).
(2) Upon receipt of a recommendation from the concerned body or office-bearer for decorations pursuant to Sub-section (1), the Committee shall make necessary examination and make a recommendation to the Council of Ministers for conferring decorations, along with a list of names of such office-bearers, employees and personalities who have been found appropriate for conferring decorations on them pursuant to this Act and the rules framed under this Act and setting out the types of decorations conferrable on them.
(3) In recommending for honours and titles on citizens of foreign countries, such a recommendation shall be made also taking into consideration of the practices of such countries.