Section 3: Tenure of office, etc.

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, a member of the Council not being a public officer, shall hold office for a period of four years from the date of his appointment and shall be eligible for reappointment for one further period of four years; thereafter, he shall no longer be eligible for reappointment.
(2) Any member of the Council, not being a public officer, may resign his office by a letter addressed to the Minister and the resignation shall have effect from the date of the receipt of the letter by the Minister.
(3)
The Minister may, with the approval of the President, terminate the appointment of a member of the Council (not being an* ex-officio* member), if he is satisfied that it is not in the interest of the Centre that the person concerned should continue in office.
(4) Members of the Council not being public officers, shall be paid such remuneration and allowances as the Minister may, with the approval of the President, determine.