Section 17: Disqualifications

17. Disqualifications.___(1) No person shall be or shall continue to be a member of the Governing Body or of the Medical Advisory Council, if he- (a) has been convicted of an offence involving moral turpitude ; or (b) is declared to be of unsound mind by a competent court ; or (c) is an undischarged insolvent ; or (d) is a member of a legislature ; or (e) is a member of the staff of the Institution ; or (f) has any direct or indirect interest in a contract with, or in any work being done for, the Institution, except as a shareholder (not being a Director) of a company ; or (g) owes to the Institution contributions to the extent specified in the regulations; or 1Subs. by F.A.O., 1975, Art. 2 and Table, for “Central Government”. (h) has lost the capacity by virtue of which he was appointed as such member ; or (i) has failed to attend more than one -third of the number of meetings of the Governing Body or the Medical Advisory Council, as the case may be, held during any year. (2) The 1[Federal Government] may, by order in writing, remove the Chairman or a member of the Governing Body or the Chairman or member of the Medical Advisory Council, if he __ (a) refuses or fails to discharge or becomes, in the opinion of the 1[Federal Government], incapable of discharging his responsibilities under this Ordinance ; or (b) has in the opinion of the 1[Federal Government], abused his position as such member ; or (c) has absented himself from three consecutive meetings of the Governing Body or of the Medical Advisory Council, as the case may be, without the leave of the 1[Federal Government] in the case of Chairman, or of the Chairman in the case of a member.

Effective date: 1962-01-01

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