Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) The Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and every member shall hold office for such period not exceeding five years. (2) The Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson and every member may, by writing under his hand addressed to the State Government, resign from the office of the Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson and member, as the case may be. (3) The State Government shall remove a person from the office of the Chaixperson, the Vice-Chairperson or a member, if such person— (a) becomes an undischarged insolvent; (b) is convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for an offence which, in the opinion of the State Government, involves moral turpitude; (c) becomes an unsound mind and so declared by a competent court; (d) refuses to act or becomes incapable of acting; (e) is, without obtaining leave of absence from the Council, absent from three consecutive meetings of the Council; (f) has, in the opinion of the State Government, so abused the position of Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson or member as to render that person's continuance in office detrimental to the public interest: Provided that no person shall be removed under these clauses until such person has been given a reasonable opportunity of being heard. (4) A vacancy caused due to removal of the Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson or member for any of the grounds mentioned in sub-section (3), shall be filled by fresh nomination and a person so nominated shall hold office for the un-expired period of the term for which his predecessors in office would have held office if such vacancy had not arisen.