evsjv‡`k †M‡RU, AwZwi��, A‡±vei 29, 2009 7153 (7) If the office of the Chief Information Commissioner becomes vacant or if the Chief Information Commissioner is on account of absence, illness or any other cause unable to perform the functions of his office the senior-most Information Commissioner shall perform the functions of the Chief Information Commissioner until a newly appointed Chief Information Commissioner has entered upon that office or until the Chief Information Commissioner has been able to resume his own duties. 16. Removal of the Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners.⎯(1) The Chief Information Commissioner and any Information Commissioner shall not be removed from his office except in like manner and on the like grounds as a Judge of the Supreme Court. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the President may remove the Chief Information Commissioner or any Information Commissioner from their respective offices, if he⎯ (a) is declared by a competent court to be insolvent; (b) engages himself in any post extraneous to his own duties during his term of office for remuneration; (c) is declared by a competent court to be of unsound mind; (d) is convicted of an offence involving moral turpitude. 17. Ranks, remuneration, allowances and other facilities of the Information Commissioners.⎯The rank, remuneration, allowances and other facilities of the Chief Information Commissioner and the Information Commissioners shall be determined by the Government. 18. Meetings of the Commission.⎯ (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the commission shall determine the procedure of its meetings. (2) The Chief Information Commissioner shall preside over all the meetings of the Commission and in the case of his absence, the senior-most Information Commissioner shall preside over the meeting.