489.1. The comptroller may be sanctioned in accordance with articles 480 to 484 of this Law for the following serious causes of administrative responsibility:

a) To use confidential documents and information for his own bene f t or for the bene f t of third parties, in the terms of this Law and of the legislation on the matter;

b) To fail to establish responsibilities or implement financial sanctions, in the field of his competence, without just cause, when the responsibility is duly confrmed and the responsible identified as a result of the revisions and investigations that he carries out in the exercise of his powers;

c) To unduly remove, destroy, conceal or use the documents and information under his care or custody due to his position or that exist in the Comptroller General’s Office because of the exercise of its powers;

d) To conduct himself with bias in the monitoring procedures and in the application of sanctions referred to in this Law, and

e) To commit any of the violations referred to in article 8 of the Federal Law on the Administrative Responsibilities of the Public Servants.

489.2. At the request of the General Council, the House of Representatives will decide on the application of sanctions to the comptroller general, including among these the dismissal due to serious causes of administrative responsibility, having to guarantee the right to a hearing of the affected. The dismissal will require the vote of two-thirds of the members present in the session.