Republic of Namibia
6
Annotated Statutes
Namibian Broadcasting Act 9 of 1991
(a)
who is not a Namibian citizen;
(b)
who is a member of the National Assembly.
(3)
[subsection (3) deleted by Act 2 of 2006]
(4) When the chairperson of the board is absent or unable to perform his or her
powers, duties and functions, the vice-chairperson of the board shall act in his or her stead and,
when so acting, the vice-chairperson may exercise or perform any power, duty or function of the
chairperson.
(5)
Every appointment of a member shall be notified in the Gazette.
Committees of Board
7.
(1) The board may from time to time establish committees to advise or assist it
in the exercise of any of its powers or the performance of any of its duties or functions;
(2)
A committee established under subsection (1) -
(a)
shall consist of such members or other persons appointed by the board as the board
may deem fit, to be members of the committee;
(b)
shall meet at such times and places as may be determined by the board.
(3) A member of a committee established under subsection (1) who is not a member of
the board or is not in the full-time employ of the Corporation shall be paid from the funds of the
Corporation such allowances and, in respect of a journey undertaken for the purposes of the
business of the committee, such subsistence and travelling allowances and such reasonable
losses suffered by him or her because he or she was engaged in the business of the board as may
be determined by the board from time to time.
Tenure of office of members and filling of vacancy
8.
(1)
[subsection (1) deleted by Act 2 of 2006]
(2)
A member shall vacate his or her office if -
(a)
his or her estate is sequestrated or he or she compromises with his or her creditors;
(b)
he or she is according to the laws detained as a mentally ill person;
(c)
he or she is convicted of an offence and sentenced to imprisonment without the
option of a fine;
(d)
he or she, upon giving not less than one month’s notice in writing to the Minister,
resigns from his or her office as a member;
(e)
he or she has absented himself or herself from three consecutive meetings of the
board without the leave of the chairperson of the board;