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Films and Publications Act, 1996 (Act No. 65 of 1996)

Chapter 2 : Film and Publication Board, Council, Appeal Tribunal and Enforcement Committee

9. Removal from office

 

(1) The Minister may remove a member of the Council or Appeal Tribunal from office on the grounds of incapacity, incompetence, misconduct or misrepresentation.

 

(2) A decision to remove a member of the Council or Appeal Tribunal from office shall be based on a finding of a tribunal appointed by the Minister: Provided that the member shall have a right to be heard.

 

(3) The Minister may suspend a member of the Council or Appeal Tribunal from office pending the finding of the tribunal referred to in subsection (2).

 

(4) A member of the Council or Appeal Tribunal shall vacate his or her office when any of the circumstances referred to in section 7 become applicable in respect of him or her, and the Minister issues him or her with a certificate to that effect.

 

[Section 9 substituted by section 10 of Notice No. 876, GG 32534, dated 28 August 2009]