| (1) | To be eligible for appointment and to continue to hold office as a member of the Commission, a person must— |
| (a) | be ordinarily resident in the Republic; and |
| (b) | have suitable qualifications and experience in economics, accounting, law, commerce, agriculture, industry or public affairs. |
| (2) | A person may not be a member of the Commission if that person— |
| (a) | is an office-bearer of any party, movement, organisation or body of a partisan political nature; |
| (b) | is an unrehabilitated insolvent; |
| (c) | has been found mentally unfit by an order of a competent court; or |
| (d) | has been convicted of an offence committed after the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1993 (Act 200 of 1993), took effect, and sentenced to imprisonment without the option of a fine. |
[Date of commencement of section 9: 21 February 2003]
