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Medicines and Related Substances Control Act, 1965 (Act No. 101 of 1965)

2F. Disqualification from membership of Board and vacation of office

 

(1) A person may not be appointed as a member of the Board if that person—
(a) is not a South African citizen and ordinarily resident in the Republic;
(b) is an unrehabilitated insolvent;
(c) has at any time been convicted of an offence involving dishonesty, whether in the Republic or elsewhere, and sentenced to imprisonment without the option of a fine; or
(d) has been removed from an office of trust.

 

(2) A member of the Board must vacate office if—
(a) he or she becomes disqualified in terms of subsection (1), from being appointed as a member of the Board;
(b) he or she submits his or her resignation to the Minister in writing;
(c) he or she is declared by the High Court to be of unsound mind or mentally disordered or is detained under the Mental Health Care Act, 2002 (Act No. 17 of 2002);
(d) he or she has, without the leave of the Board, been absent from more than two consecutive meetings of the Board; or
(e) the Minister, after consultation with the Board, withdraws the appointment of that member because the member is incompetent or unfit to fulfil his or her duties.

 

(3) If a member of the Board dies or vacates office in terms of subsection (2), the Minister may, subject to section 2D, appoint a person to fill the vacancy for the unexpired portion of the period for which that member was appointed.

 

[Section 2F inserted by section 3 of Notice No. 19, GG 39585, dated 8 January 2016]