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Removal from office by Minister.
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8.—(1) For the purposes of this section, the following shall be the statutory grounds for the removal of the holder of an office from such office, that is to say:—
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(a) unfitness of such holder for such office,
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(b) the fact that such holder has refused to obey or carry into effect any order lawfully given to him as the holder of such office, or has otherwise misconducted himself in such office,
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and, in this section, the expression “statutory grounds for removal from office” shall be construed accordingly.
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(2) Where the Minister is satisfied as a result of a local inquiry that any of the statutory grounds for removal from office exists as regards the holder of an office, the Minister may by order remove such holder from such office.
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(3) Where the Minister is satisfied that the holder of an office has failed to perform satisfactorily the duties of such office and is of opinion that he is unfit to hold such office, the Minister may—
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(a) send by registered post to such holder at the principal office of the vocational education committee under which he holds such office a notice stating the said opinion, and
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(b) on the day on which he sends the notice, send by registered post a copy thereof to the said vocational education committee,
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and if the Minister, after the expiration of fourteen days from the day on which he sends the notice and the copy thereof and after consideration of the representations (if any) made to him by such holder or the vocational education committee, remains of the said opinion, he may by order remove such holder from such office.
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(4) Where the holder of an office is convicted of an offence which, in the opinion of the Minister, renders him unfit for such office, the Minister may by order remove such holder from such office.
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