Tenure of office
14 Tenure of office
Any member of the Council may resign his office by a written notice given under his hand to, and accepted by, the Minister, and a Council member who resigns from office shall be eligible for reappointment.
Subject to subsection (1), a member shall hold office for such period, not exceeding 3 years, as is specified in the instrument under which he is appointed, but is eligible, unless otherwise disqualified, for reappointment.
Acceptance of or acting in the office of member of the Council by any person does not of itself render the provisions of Part 3 of the Public Sector Management Act 1994, or any other Act applying to persons as officers of the Public Service of the State, applicable to that member, or affect or prejudice the application to him of those provisions if they applied to him at the time of the acceptance of or acting in that office.
If a member of the Council —
is a person in respect of whom an administration order is in force under Part 6 of the Guardianship and Administration Act 1990; or
is, according to the Interpretation Act 1984 section 13D, a bankrupt or a person whose affairs are under insolvency laws; or
is convicted of an indictable offence; or
has his appointment terminated by the Governor for inability, inefficiency or misbehaviour,
his office becomes vacant and he is not eligible for reappointment.
[Section 14 amended: No. 24 of 1990 s. 123; No. 32 of 1994 s. 3(1); No. 18 of 2009 s. 73.]
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