| (1) | A member of the council shall vacate his or her office if— |
| (a) | the member’s estate is sequestrated or he or she has entered into a composition with the creditors of his or her estate; |
| (b) | the member has been absent from more than two consecutive ordinary meetings of the council without the council’s leave; |
| (c) | the member is disqualified under any law from practising his or her profession; |
| (d) | the member ceases to be a South African citizen or to be permanently resident in the Republic; |
| (e) | the member is convicted of an offence, whether in the Republic or elsewhere, in respect whereof he or she is sentenced to imprisonment without the option of a fine; |
| (f) | the member becomes a patient or a State patient as defined in section 1 of the Mental Health Act, 1973 (Act No. 18 of 1973); |
| (i) | in the case of a member elected in terms of section 5(1)(a) or (b), ceases to hold a qualification required for his or her election or submits his or her resignation in writing to the registrar; or |
| (ii) | in the case of a member appointed in terms of section 5(1)(c), ceases to hold a qualification required for his or her appointment, or submits his or her resignation in writing to the Minister; |
| (h) | the Minister terminates his or her membership for reasons which are just and fair. |
| (2) | Every vacancy on the council shall be filled in the same manner in which the member who vacates office was elected or appointed, as the case may be, and every member so elected or appointed shall hold the office for the unexpired portion of the period for which the member whose office became vacant was elected or appointed. |
[Section 6 substituted by section 7 of Act No. 102 of 1998]
