Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act, 1947

Tenure of office of member of nomination committee.

23.—(1) A member appointed by a nominating body of a nomination committee shall cease to hold office as such member on the happening of any of the following events, and in no other circumstances, that is to say:—

(a) the expiration of the day before the day of the annual meeting of the body next occurring after his appointment,

(b) his death,

(c) his being adjudicated bankrupt or convicted of an indictable offence,

(d) his ceasing to be a member of the body,

(e) the body ceasing to be a nominating body registered in the register of nominating bodies in respect of the relevant panel.

(2) A member of a nomination committee ceasing to hold office as such member by reason of the expiration of the day before the day of an annual meeting of the nominating body which appointed him shall be eligible for re-appointment.