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Section 19: Other disqualifications for chairperson or member of Board

Mental Health Care (Central Mental Health Authority and Mental Health Review Boards) Rules, 2018Central Rules · 2017

(1) In addition to the disqualifications specified in clauses (a) to (d) of sub-section (2) of section 74, a chairperson or a member of the Board appointed by the State Authority shall stand disqualified for the purposes of said sub-section (2), if he holds-

(i) any full-time or part-time assignment that prevents him from giving adequate time and attention to the work of the Board under the provisions of the Act and the rules made thereunder; or

(ii) any office in any political party during his tenure of office in the Board.

(2) The State Authority may remove the chairperson or a member of the Board if a complaint is received against such person and on enquiry by a competent authority appointed for that purpose by the State Authority, it is found that there is substance in such complaint and that the conduct of such person is unbecoming of the office he holds:

Provided that if such complaint is against a chairperson who had been a judicial officer, the complaint shall be forwarded to the Registrar of the concerned High Court for enquiry by the competent authority.

(3) The State Authority may suspend the chairperson or a member of the Board immediately if a criminal case is registered against such person and revoke such suspension if such person is acquitted of the charges framed against him in such case.

16 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)]

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ActMental Health Care (Central Mental Health Authority and Mental Health Review Boards) Rules, 2018
Section19
Marginal noteOther disqualifications for chairperson or member of Board
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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