Section 60. The Office of the NBTC shall have a Secretary-General of the NBTC who shall be responsible for the work performance of the Office and directly answerable to the Chairperson and shall be the superior of officials and employees of the Office. The Secretary-General shall represent the Office in its affairs vis-à-vis the third persons. For this purpose, the Secretary-General may delegate powers to any person to perform any particular acts, in accordance with the regulations prescribed by the NBTC and published in the Government Gazette. The said regulation shall not be prescribed in the manner of forcing the Secretary-General to delegate his power to other person. Section 61. The Chairperson, with the consent of the NBTC, shall appoint and remove the Secretary-General of the NBTC. The Secretary-General shall be of not less than thirty five years of age on the date of appointment and shall have qualifications and not be under prohibitions under Section 7 including other qualifications as specified by the NBTC. Section 62. The Secretary-General shall hold office for a term of five years from the date of appointment and may be reappointed but shall not hold office for more than two consecutive terms. Section 63. In addition to vacation of office upon the termination of the term under Section 62, the Secretary-General vacates office upon: (1) death; (2) being sixty years of age; (3) resignation; (4) being a bankrupt; (5) having been imprisoned by a final judgment to a term of imprisonment; (6) being disqualified or being under any of the prohibitions under section 61 paragraph two; (7) being dismissed by a resolution of the NBTC members, by votes of not less than two-thirds of the total number of the Commissioners on grounds of mismanagement, misbehavior, incompetency or inability to perform his tasks; Section 64. The Secretary-General and officers of the Office of the NBTC shall be deemed as state officials under the Organic Act on Counter Corruption. The officials of the Office of the NBTC shall have qualifications and not being under prohibitions under the regulations prescribed by the NBTC and shall not be a member of the Board of Directors, executive officer, advisor, employee, shareholder or partner in a company or partnership or any other juristic person carrying out broadcasting or telecommunications business. The Secretary-General shall be deemed as person holding a high-ranking position under the Organic Act on Counter Corruption.

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