Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
[(1) (a) The Chairman and every Member shall hold office for a term of one year from the date he assumes office; (b) the provisions of clause (a) shall apply also to the Chairman and every member who assumed his office before the commencement of the Uttar Pradesh Commission for Minorities (Amendment) Act, 1999; 81 [The Uttar Pradesh Commission for Minorities Act, 1994] [Section 5-7] (c) the term of the Chairman and every Member, who has completed on or before the commencement of the Act referred to in clause (b), the period of one year from the date he assumed his office shall expire on such commencement.]1 (2) The Chairman or a Member may, by writing under his hand addressed to the Government, resign from the office of the Chairman or, as the case may be, of the Member at any time. (3) The Government shall remove a person from the office of the Chairman or a Member referred to in sub-section (2), if that person – (a) becomes an undercharged insolvent ; (b) is convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for an offence which, in the opinion of the Government, involves moral turpitude; (c) becomes of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court ; (d) refuses to act of becomes incapable of acting; (e) is, without obtaining leave of absence from the Commission, absents from three consecutive meetings of the Commission ; or (f) has, in the opinion of the Government, so abused the position of the Chairman or Member as to render that person’s continuance in office detrimental to the interests of minorities or the public interest : Provided that no person shall be removed under this clause until that person has been given a reasonable opportunity of being heard in the matter. (4) A vacancy caused under sub-section (2) or otherwise shall be filled by fresh nomination. (5) The salaries and allowances payable to, and the other terms and conditions of service of, the Chairman and Members shall be such as may be prescribed. Officers and other employ- yees of the Commission