Cap. 578 Art. 6Licensing Appeals Board.    Cap. 12.

(1) The Minister shall appoint a Licensing Appeals

Board, consisting of a Chairperson and three members of whom one of the members shall be a person who has practiced as a qualified scientist for not less than seven years.

(2) The members of the Board shall be appointed by the Minister for a period of five years, and may only be removed from office by the Prime Minister on grounds of proved inability to perform the functions of their office (whether arising from infirmity of body or mind or any other cause) or proved misbehaviour.

(3) A member of the Board may be challenged or abstain for any of the reasons for which a judge may be challenged or abstain in accordance with article 734 of the Code of Organization and Civil

Procedure. In any such case, the Minister shall appoint a person, having the qualifications of the member challenged or abstaining, to sit as a member of the Board in substitution of the said member.

(4) A member of the House of Representatives or of a local council, a judge or a magistrate shall be disqualified from being appointed or continuing to be a member of the Board for so long as he holds that office.

(5) The Minister shall also designate a person to serve as secretary to the Board:

Provided that the Minister may appoint a substitute secretary in the following cases:

(a) in cases of urgency if the designated secretary is in any way not available to perform his duties; and