112 No. 15 of 2010J
Patents and Companies Registration
Agency
(e) one person with expertise in matters of intellectual property;
and
(fi two other persons.
The Minister shall appoint the Chairperson and the ViceChairperson from among the members.
A person shall not be nominated or appointed as a member
of the Board if that person —
has been convicted of an offence under any written law;
is under any written law, adjudged or otherwise declared
to be of unsound mind; or
(c) is adjudged or declared bankrupt under any written law.
Tenure of
office and
vacancy
7. (1) Subject to the other provisions of this Act, a member
of the Board shall hold office for a period of three years from the
date of appointment and may be re-appointed for a further like
period.
Subject to the other provisions of this Act, a member shall,
on the expiration of the period for which the member is appointed,
continue to hold office until another member is appointed to succeed
that member.
The office of a member becomes vacant—
upon the member's death;
if the member is adjudged bankrupt;
if the member is absent from three consecutive meetings
of the Board of which the member has had notice,
without the prior approval of the Board;
upon the expiry of one month's notice of the member's
notice to resign from office, given by the member in
writing to the Board;
(e) if the member becomes mentally or physically incapable
of performing the duties of a member of the Board;
Off the member is removed by the Minister;
if the member ceases to be a member of the organisation
which nominated the member; or
if the member is convicted of an offence under this Act
or any other law.
(4) The Minister shall, where the office of a member becomes
vacant, appoint another member in place of the member who
vacates office, and such member shall hold office for the remainder
of the term.