Disqualifications and removal

(1) No person shall be chosen as, or continue to be, a member of the Board if he- (i) is an officer or servant under the Board; or (ii) is an undischarged insolvent; or (iii) is of unsound mind; or (iv) has been convicted by a criminal court for an offence involving moral turpitude, unless such conviction has been set aside; or (v) is in arrears of any sum due to the Board. (2) The Government may remove from office any member who- (i) is or has become subject to any of the disqualifications mentioned in sub-section (1); or (ii) is absent without leave of the Board for more than three consecutive meetings of the Board. In section 31 of the principal Act,- (a) for the words "the date on which the offence is alleged to have been committed", the words "the date on which the offence came to the notice of the Inspector" shall be substituted; (b) the following proviso shall be inserted at the end, namely:- "Provided that no court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable by or under this Act after the expiry of three years from the date on which the offence is alleged to have been committed.".