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Terms of office, remuneration, removal and resignation of members of Council (other than Director).
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8.—(1) (a) Subject to subsections (2), (3), (5) and (6) of this section, the chairman or any other member of the Council, other than the Director, shall be appointed for a term not exceeding five years and his appointment may be renewed for a further term not exceeding five years.
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(b) Subject to paragraph (a) of this subsection and subsections (2), (4), (5) and (6) of this section, a member of the Council shall hold his office on such terms and conditions as the Government shall, at the time of the appointment and on the recommendation of the Minister, determine.
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(2) After a continuous period of ten years in office a member of the Council, other than the chairman or Director, shall not be eligible for appointment to membership of the Council until a period of two years beginning on the day on which he shall have ceased to hold office has elapsed.
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(3) The chairman or any other member of the Council (other than the Director) shall be paid out of funds at the disposal of the Council, such remuneration (if any) and such allowances for expenses as the Minister, with the approval of the Minister for the Public Service, may decide.
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(4) Where the chairman of the Council or any other member thereof, other than the Director, attains the age of seventy years, he shall thereupon cease to hold office.
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(5) A member of the Council, other than the chairman or the Director, may be removed from membership of the Council by the Government on the recommendation of the Minister.
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(6) Where a member of the Council—
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(a) is adjudicated bankrupt or makes, under the protection or procedure of a court, a composition or arrangement with his creditors,
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(b) is sentenced to a term of imprisonment by a court of competent jurisdiction,
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he shall thereupon cease to be a member of the Council.
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(7) A member of the Council, other than the chairman or the Director, may resign his office by letter addressed to the Minister, and the resignation shall take effect as on and from the date on which the letter is received.
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