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(2)
(3) The Chairperson and every Member shall hold office for such period, not exceeding three years asmay be specified by the State Governmentin this behalf. ' The Chairperson or a Member (other than the Member-Secretary) may, in writing and addressed to the State Government, resign from the office ofthe Chairperson or ofthe Member, as the case may be, at any time.
The State Government shall remove a person from the office of Chairpeison or a Member referred to in sub-section (2) if that person:-
(a) becomes an undischarged insolvent, or ' (b) gets convicted and sentenced to imbrisonment for an offence involving moral turpitude, or
(c) becomes of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court, or
(d) refiises to act or become incapable ofacting or
(e) is, without obtaining leave of absence from the Commission, absent from three consecutive meetings of the Commission, or
(f) if, in the opinion ofthe State Government, has abused the ' position of Chairperson or Member, as the case may be, so as to render that person's continuing in office detximemal to the public interest:
; Provided that no person shall be removed under this sub— section until that person has been given a reasonable opportunity of being heard in the matter. ’
(4) A vacancy caused under sub-section (2) and (3) or otherwise shall be filled by fresh nomination by the State Government.
(5) The salaries and allowances payable to and other tenns and conditions ofservice ofChairpersons and Members shall be as may be prescribed I