(1) If notice is given of a motion for presenting an address to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly praying for the removal of the Ombudsman signed by not less than fifty members of the Assembly, the Speaker may, after consulting such persons, if any, as he thinks fit and after considering such materials, if any, as may be available to him, either admit the motion or reject the same assigning reasons therefor.
(2) If the motion referred to in sub-rule (1) is admitted, the Speaker shall keep the motion pending and constitute, as soon as may be, for the purpose of making an enquiry into the grounds on which the removal of Ombudsman is prayed for, a committee consisting of such members and for such duration as he thinks fit.
(3) The Committee constituted under sub-rule (2) shall frame definite charges against the Ombudsman on the basis of which the enquiry is proposed to be held.
(4) Such charges together with a statement of the grounds on which each such charge is based shall be communicated to the Ombudsman and he shall be given a reasonable opportunity of presenting a written statement of defence within such time as may be specified in this behalf by the said Committee.
(5) The committee shall have power to regulate its own procedure in making the enquiry and shall give a reasonable opportunity to the Ombudsman of cross-examining witnesses, adducing evidence and of being of his defence.
(6) At the conclusion of the enquiry, the Committee shall submit its report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly stating therein its findings on each of the charges separately with such observation on the whole case, as it thinks fit.
(7) The Speaker shall cause the report submitted under sub-rule (6) to be laid, as soon as may be, before the Assembly.
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(8) If the report of the Committee contains a finding that the Ombudsman is not guilty of any misbehavior or does not suffer from any incapacity, then, no further steps shall be taken in the Assembly in relation to the report and the motion pending in the Assembly shall not be proceeded with.
(9) If the report of the Committee contains a finding that the Ombudsman is guilty of any misbehavior or suffers from any incapacity, then, the motion referred to in sub rule (1) of this rule shall, together with the report of the Committee, be taken up for consideration by the Assembly in the same session or in the subsequent session.
(10) If the motion is adopted by the Assembly in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Act, then, the misbehavior or incapacity of the Ombudsman shall be deemed to have been proved and an address praying for the removal of the Ombudsman shall be presented to the Governor by the Assembly in the same session in which the motion has been adopted or in the subsequent session.