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(1) A member of the Board shall hold office for a term of not more than four years and is eligible for re-appointment for another term only. 

(2)  Subsection (1) does  not  apply  to the  Director-General   of  the Commission  or  any  other  person  who  is a member  of  the  Board  by  virtue  of  office.         

(3)  A member of the Board,  other  than  a person  who  is a member of  the Board  by virtue  of  office, may  at  any time  resign  from  office in writing  addressed  to the chairperson  of  the Board. 

(4) A  member  of the Board,  other  than  a  person  who  is a member of  the  Board  by virtue  of  office, who  is  absent  from  three  consecutive  meetings  of the Board without  sufficient cause ceases to be a member  of the Board. 

(5)  The President may, by letter addressed to a member, revoke the appointment of that member. 

(6)  Where  a member  of the Board is, for a sufficient reason,  unable to  act as a member, the chairperson  of  the Board shall determine  whether  the  inability would result in a declaration  of a vacancy  for the unexpired tenure of office of that member. 

(7) Where there  is  a  vacancy  

(a)  under  subsection   (3),  (4)  or  7 (2),  or  

(b)  as a result of a declaration under  subsection  (5),  or

(c)  by reason of the death of a member, the President shall appoint a person to fill  the  vacancy.