exercise of a judicial function conferred on him unless
the Judicial Service Commission concurs therein.
138. Chief Electoral Officer
(1) The power to appoint a person to hold or act in the
office of Chief Electoral Officer shall vest in the
King, acting in accordance with the advice of the
Council of State.
(2) If the office of Chief Electoral Officer is vacant
or if the Chief Electoral Officer is for any reason
unable to exercise the functions of his office, a
person may be appointed to act as Chief Electoral
Officer, and any person so appointed shall, subject to
the provisions of subsections (3), (5) and (7),
continue to act until a person has been appointed to
the office of Chief Electoral Officer and has assumed
the functions of that office or, as the case may be,
until the person in whose place he is acting has
resumed those functions.
(3) Subject to the provisions of subsection (5), the
Chief Electoral Officer shall vacate his office when he
attains the prescribed age.
(4) A person holding the office of Chief Electoral
Officer may be removed from office only for inability
to exercise the functions of his office (whether
arising from infirmity of body or mind or any other
cause) or for misbehaviour and shall not be so removed
except in accordance with the provisions of this
section.
(5) The Chief Electoral Officer shall be removed from
office by the King if the question of his removal from
office has been referred to a tribunal appointed under
subsection (6) and the tribunal has recommended to the