A person is not qualified to be appointed a presidential staff if he-

(a) is not of the age of twenty-one years;

(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 or 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 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 willfully 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) has not paid his taxes or has not made arrangements satisfactory to the appropriate authority for the payment of his taxes; or

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

(g) is otherwise disqualified by any law for the time being in force.

(2) A person shall not be taken to be disqualified under subsection (1) (c) or (d) if-

(a) ten years or more have passed since the end of the sentence or the date of the publication of the report of the commission or committee of inquiry; or

(b) he has been pardoned.