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Article 9 Disqualification of Commissioners

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(1)

If the Commissioners are satisfied that a Commissioner—

(a)

has been absent from meetings of the Commissioners for a period of three consecutive months without the permission of the Commissioners; or

(b)

has become bankrupt or has made an arrangement with his creditors; or

(c)

is incapacitated by physical or mental illness from discharging the functions of a Commissioner; or

(d)

is otherwise unable, unwilling or unfit to discharge the functions of a Commissioner;

the Commissioners may declare his office as a Commissioner to be vacant and thereupon the office shall become vacant.

(2)

For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a) of this Article the attendance of a Commissioner at a meeting of any committee of the Commissioners of which he is a member may be treated as attendance at a meeting of the Commissioners.