Section 3: Qualification for membership

(1) No person shall be qualified for appointment as a member of the Commission, if within the preceding ten years, he has been removed from service as the holder of any office on the ground of misconduct.
(2) Any person employed in the public service of the Federation shall not be disqualified for appointment as chairman or member of the Commission:
Provided that where that person has been duly appointed he shall, on his appointment, be deemed to have resigned or where appropriate, withdrawn or retired from his former office as from the date of the appointment.