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STATE DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS ORGANISATION ACT 1971 - SECT 7
Termination of appointment under ss 4 and 5
7 Termination of appointment under ss 4 and 5
(1) A person appointed to an office referred to in section 4 or 5 shall be
deemed to have vacated his or her office in the following circumstances— (a)
if the person engages in remunerative employment outside the duties of the
office to which the person is appointed;
(b) if the person engages in any
trade or business save as a member of a body corporate that consists of more
than 20 persons;
(c) if the person becomes bankrupt or takes advantage of the
laws in force for the time being relating to bankrupt or insolvent debtors;
(d) if the person absents himself or herself from duty for 14 consecutive
working days or for a total of 28 days in any calendar year save on account of
illness or pursuant to leave approved by the Minister who is hereby empowered
so to do;
(e) if the person is convicted in the State of an indictable
offence for which the person is liable to be imprisoned for 12 months at the
least or is convicted elsewhere of an offence that, if committed by the person
in the State would constitute an indictable offence upon conviction whereof
the person would be so liable;
(f) if the person dies;
(g) if the person is
concerned in any agreement made for the purposes of this Act save in the
person’s capacity as Coordinator-General or, as the case may be, Deputy
Coordinator-General or, save as aforesaid, if the person participates in or
claims to be entitled to participate in the profits arising from such an
agreement;
(h) if the person resigns by signed written notice addressed to
the Governor in Council and furnished to the Minister.
(2) However,
subsection (1) (a) does not apply to a person if the person’s remunerative
employment is— (a) under another office and because of the person’s
appointment to the office mentioned in section 4 or 5 ; or
(b) as the chief
executive.
(3) A person appointed to an office referred to in section 4 or 5
may be removed from office by the Governor in Council on account of
misbehaviour, incapacity, or being unfit, in the opinion of the Governor in
Council, to hold the office.
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