Section 12: Removal from office of member of the Board and the Director-General

(1) If it appears to the Board that a member of the Board (other than an ex-officio member) or the Director-General should be removed from office on the grounds of misconduct or inability to perform the functions of his office, the Board shall make a recommendation to the Adviser and if the Adviser, after making such inquiries as he considers necessary, approves the recommendation, the Adviser shall, in writing, declare the office of such member or Director-General vacant.
(2) The Adviser may remove any member of the Board, if he is satisfied that it is not in the public interest to retain him.