section 75
Terms and conditions of service of chairperson and members of Board
The Mental Healthcare Act, 2017Health2017126 sections
Statutory text
- (1) The Chairperson and other members of the Board shall hold office for a period of five years and shall be eligible for renomination for one more term.
- (2) The salaries and allowances payable to, and the other terms and conditions of service of, the Chairperson and other members of the Board shall be such as may be prescribed by the State Government.
- (3) The Chairperson or any other member may, by notice in writing under his hand addressed to the State Authority, resign from his office.
- (4) A person shall be disqualified for being appointed as, and for continuing as, a member of the Board if he—
- (a) has been convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for an offence which, in the opinion of the State Authority, involves moral turpitude;
- (b) is an undischarged insolvent;
- (c) is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court;
- (d) has been removed or dismissed from the service of the Government or a body corporate owned or controlled by the Government;
- (e) has, in the opinion of the State Authority, such financial or other interest in the Board as is likely to affect prejudicially the discharge by him of his functions as a member.
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