Section 4: Cessation of membership.

(1) The office of a member of the Board shall become vacant where-
(a) his term of office expires;
(b) he resigns his appointment by notice in writing under his hand addressed to the President;
(c) he is bankrupt;
(d) he dies;
(e) he is incapable of performing the functions of his office due to mental or physical illness;
(f) he has been convicted of a felony or any offence involving dishonesty;
(g) he is found guilty of gross misconduct;
(h) in the case of a person possessed of professional qualifications, he is disqualified or suspended from practising his profession in any part of the world by an order of a competent authority made in respect of that member;
(i) the President directs his removal on the satisfaction that it is not in the interest of the Agency or the public for the person to continue in office as a member of the Board; or
(j) in the case of an ex-officio member, he ceases to hold the office on the basis of which he became a member of the Board.
(2) Where a vacancy occurs in the membership of the Board, it shall be filled by appointment by the President of a successor to hold office for the remainder of the term of office of his predecessor and the successor shall represent the same interest as that member whose exit created the vacancy.