15JHouse of Parliament may revoke appointment or suspension of person from office of Chief Commissioner

15J House of Parliament may revoke appointment or suspension of person from office of Chief Commissioner

[Section 15J Inserted by No. 13 of 2017, s. 8, Applied:13 Jun 2017]

(1)  A House of Parliament, after 10 sitting-days, or a longer period allowed by resolution of the House, after the day on which a statement requesting the Houses of Parliament to revoke the appointment of a person as Chief Commissioner has been laid before the House under section 15I , may resolve –

(a) to refuse the request made in the statement and, if the suspension of the person from office has not been revoked, to revoke the suspension; or

(b) to revoke the appointment of the person as Chief Commissioner.

(2)  If both Houses have resolved –

(a) under subsection (1)(a) to revoke the suspension of a person from the office of Chief Commissioner, the suspension of the person from the office of Chief Commissioner is revoked; or

(b) under subsection (1)(b) to revoke the appointment of a person as Chief Commissioner, the appointment of the person as Chief Commissioner is revoked –

on and from the day on which the resolution is passed by both Houses.