Provided that a Chairman or a member shall retire on attaining the age of sixtyfive years.
(6) In case of vacancy occurring due to death, resignation or removal of the Chairman or a
member, the Federal Government shall within a period not exceeding sixty days, appoint an other
qualified person to fill such vacancy.
(7) The Chairman shall be an eminent professional of known integrity and competence with
substantial experience in the field of computer science, engineering, statistics, demography, law,
business, management, finance, accounting, economics, civil or military administration, or the field of
registration.
(8) Every member shall also be a person of known integrity and competence with sufficient
experience in the field of computer science, engineering, statistics, demography, law, business,
management, finance, accounting, economics, civil or military administration, or the field of
registration 1[:] 1* * *
(9) No act or proceeding of the Authority shall be invalid by reason only of the existence of a
vacancy in, or defect in the constitution of, the Authority.
(10) The principal office of the Authority shall be at Islamabad and it may set up offices at such
place or places as it may deem appropriate:
Provided that all offices including the District Registration Offices, other offices, counters and
any other formation of the Registration Organization as well as that of the National Database
Organization alongwith their entire respective record, shall become and be deemed to be the offices,
the District Registration Offices, other offices, counters and other formations of the Authority
respectively along with such record.
(11) The Chairman or a member may, by writing under his hand, resign from his office:
Provided that his resignation shall not take effect until accepted by the Federal Government.
(12) The Federal Government may remove the Chairman or any member from office if—
(a) upon an inquiry, he is found incapable of performing the functions of his office by reason
of mental or physical incapacity or has been found guilty of misconduct; or
(b) after his appointment he is disqualified from being so appointed as provided in subsection
(4).
1 Ins. Subs. and Omitted by Act V of 7, S. 2
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