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Rh :(b) if he fails to attend 3 consecutive meetings of the Commission without sufficient cause (the sufficiency thereof to be decided by the Commission);
 * (c) if he becomes in any manner disqualified from membership of the Commission;
 * (d) if he resigns from his office; or
 * (e) if his appointment is revoked.

Filling of vacancies

9. If a vacancy occurs in the membership of the Commission, the Minister may, subject to paragraph 1, appoint any person to fill the vacancy, and the person so appointed shall hold office for the remainder of the term for which the vacating member was appointed.

Disqualification from membership

10. No person shall be appointed or shall continue to hold office as a member if he—
 * (a) is an undischarged bankrupt or has made any arrangement with his creditors;
 * (b) has been sentenced to imprisonment for a term exceeding 6 months and has not received a free pardon;
 * (c) is incapacitated by physical or mental illness; or
 * (d) is otherwise unable or unfit to discharge the functions of a member.

Disclosure of interest by members

11.—(1) A member who is in any way, directly or indirectly, interested in a transaction or project of the Commission shall disclose the nature of his interest at the first meeting of the Commission at which he is present after the relevant facts have come to his knowledge.

(2) A disclosure under sub-paragraph (1) shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting of the Commission and, after the disclosure, that member—
 * (a) shall not take part in any deliberation or decision of the Commission with respect to that transaction or project; and
 * (b) shall be disregarded for the purpose of constituting a quorum of the Commission for such deliberation or decision.

(3) For the purposes of this paragraph, a member whose spouse, parent, step-parent, son, adopted son, step-son, daughter, adopted daughter, step-daughter, brother, half-brother, step-brother, sister, half-sister or step-sister has an interest in the transaction or project referred to in sub-paragraph (1) shall be deemed to be interested in such transaction or project.