Cap. 251 Art. 23Termination of membership of Xirka, etc.

(1) A person shall cease to be a member of the Xirka or of the Order, or to be the holder of a medal awarded under this Act upon:

(a) his or her death;

(b) his or her resignation from the Xirka or the Order, except in the case of those persons who are members or the Order, or the medal is returned to the Secretary to the Cabinet;

(c) if such person has been guilty of such conduct as makes him unworthy of continuing to be a member of the Order or of the Xirka or the holder of a medal, and the appointment is terminated or the award of the medal is revoked by the President of Malta acting on a resolution of the House of Representatives in accordance with such procedures as may be prescribed by rules made under this Act.

(2) A person shall cease to be an honorary member of the Xirka or of the Order, or to be the holder on an honorary basis of a medal awarded under this Act upon:

(a) his or her death;

(b) his or her notifying the Government of Malta that he or she no longer wishes to continue to be an honorary member of the Xirka or the Order, or by the return of the medal. The cessation shall take effect from the date on which the notification is received by the Chancellor of the Xirka or the Order, or the medal is returned to the Secretary to the Cabinet;

(c) if the President of Malta, on the advice of the Prime Minister given after he has consulted the Leader of the Opposition, terminates the honorary appointment to the Xirka or to the Order or withdraws the award of a medal on the grounds that the conduct of the person has, according to the opinion given in the said advice, made him unworthy of continuing to be a member of the Xirka or the Order or the holder of a medal or that it is no longer proper to keep the honorary appointment to the Xirka or to the Order or the award of the medal in force.

(3) Termination of membership in terms of subarticle (1)(b) and (c) or of subarticle (2)(b) and (c)shall be notified in the Gazette.