(1)  A person holding office as Secretary to Cabinet ceases to hold that office –

(a) when he dies;

(b) if he resigns his office as such by writing under his hand addressed to the Governor;

(c) if he is removed from office as such by the Governor;

(d) where the person is a Member of the Council –

(i) on vacating his seat as a Member of the Council, otherwise than by reason of the fact that his term of office as such has expired; or

(ii) if his term of office as such a Member expires – on the expiration of 7 days following the day of the return of the writs for the periodical election of Members of the Council next following the expiry of his term of office as such a Member; or

(e) where the person is a Member of the Assembly –

(i) on vacating his seat as a Member of the Assembly, otherwise than by reason of the fact that the Assembly has been dissolved or has expired by effluxion of time; or

(ii) on the expiration of the period of 7 days following the day of the return of the writs for the general election next following his appointment to hold office as Secretary to Cabinet.

(2)  The Governor may, for any cause which appears to him to be sufficient, remove from office any person who is holding office as Secretary to Cabinet.