(1) No person is qualified to be a member of the Commission who-

(a) is not a citizen of Ghana;

(b) has been adjudged or otherwise declared-

(i) bankrupt under any law in force in Ghana and has not been discharged; or

(ii) to be of unsound mind or is detained as a criminal lunatic under any law in force in Ghana; or

(c) has been convicted-

(i) for high crime under the Constitution or high treason of treason or for an offence involving the security of the State, fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude; or

(ii) for any other offence punishable by death or by a sentence of not less than ten years; or

(d) has been found by the report of a commission or a committee of inquiry to be incompetent to hold public office or is a person in respect of whom a commission or committee of inquiry has found that while being a public officer he acquired assets unlawfully or defrauded the State or mis-used or abused his office, or wilfully acted in a manner prejudicial to the interest of the State, and the findings have not been set aside on appeal or judicial review; or

(e) is under sentence of death or other sentence of imprisonment imposed on him by any court; or

(f) is otherwise disqualified by a law for the time being in force.

(2) Without prejudice to subsection (1) of this section a member of the Commission shall cease to be a member, if, in the case of a person possessed of professional qualification, he is disqualified or suspended from practising his profession by an order of a competent authority, made in respect of him personally or ceases to be a member of the profession otherwise than at his own request.