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

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(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]