S.L. 601.3 Art. 67Removal and termination form office.

(1) Any member of the General Contracts Committee may during his tenure of office be removed by the Prime Minister where he is satisfied that there has been a clear case of misbehaviour by the member or inability of a member to perform his functions or where such circumstances exist that would disqualify such a member from remaining a member of the General Contracts Committee.

(2) A person shall be disqualified from being appointed to and from remaining a member of the General Contracts Committee if he:

(a) is a member of the House of Representatives, or of the European Parliament or of a Local Council;

(b) has such a financial or other interest that is likely to prejudice the discharge of his functions as a member of the General Contracts Committee;

(c) is legally incapacitated or interdicted;

(d) has been adjudged bankrupt or has made a composition or arrangement with his creditors; or

(e) has been convicted of a crime affecting public trust or of theft or of fraud or of knowingly receiving property obtained by theft or fraud.

(3) A member of the General Contracts Committee may resign his office by a letter addressed to the Prime Minister.