Bord na Gaeilge Act, 1978

Resignation, disqualification, etc. of members of the Board.

6.—(1) A member of the Board may resign his office as a member by letter addressed to the Minister, and the resignation shall take effect when the letter is received.

(2) A member of the Board shall be disqualified for holding office (and shall cease to hold office) if he is adjudged bankrupt or makes a composition or arrangement with creditors or is sentenced by a court of competent jurisdiction to imprisonment or penal servitude.

(3) Where a member of the Board is nominated for election to either House of the Oireachtas or as a member of Seanad Éireann he shall thereupon cease to be a member of the Board.

(4) A person who is for the time being entitled under the Standing Orders of either House of the Oireachtas to sit in that House shall be disqualified for being a member of the Board.