Cap. 491 Art. 14Establishment of Board ofAppeal. Cap. 12.

(1) There shall be a Board of Appeal consisting of a

Chairperson and two other members. One of these shall be a person who has held a warrant to practise the profession of advocate for at least seven years.

(2) The members of the Board of Appeal shall be appointed by the Minister for a period of three years, and may be removed from office by the Minister on grounds of proved inability to perform the functions of their office or of proved misbehaviour.

(3) A member of the Board of Appeal may be challenged or may abstain for any of the reasons for which a judge may be challenged or may abstain in accordance with article 734 of the Code of Organization and Civil Procedure. In any such case, the Minister shall appoint another person to sit as a member on the Board of Appeal in substitution of the said member for the duration of the appeal in question.

(4) A person shall not be qualified to be appointed or continue to hold office as a member of the Board of Appeal if that person is a Judge, a Magistrate, a member of the House or of a Local Council, or a candidate for election to the House or a Local Council.