Pigs and Bacon (Amendment) Act, 1939

The ordinary members.

6.—(1) The Minister shall before the transfer date and thereafter as occasion requires appoint persons to be ordinary members.

(2) No person shall be appointed an ordinary member unless he has, for at least eight years, served, in an administrative or technical capacity, as an officer of the Minister.

(3) Every ordinary member shall hold office during the pleasure of the Minister.

(4) Whenever an ordinary member of the Commission is through ill-health or other sufficient cause temporarily incapacitated from performing the duties of his office, the Minister may appoint another person to act as an ordinary member for such period (not exceeding the duration of such incapacity) as he shall think proper, and every person so appointed shall during the period for which he is so appointed be an ordinary member of the Commission in place of such ordinary member, and such ordinary member shall during such period be deemed not to be an ordinary member of the Commission.

(5) Whenever an ordinary member is nominated by the Minister under sub-section (3) of the immediately preceding section to perform the duties of the Chairman during any period, the Minister may appoint another person to act as an ordinary member of the Commission during such period and any person so appointed shall during the period for which he is so appointed be an ordinary member of the Commission in the place of such ordinary member.