The Reasons and Procedure for Terminating the Authorities of a Member of the Commission
1. The authorities of a member of the Commission shall be terminated in connection with the expiry of the term, for which he or she was appointed.
2. A member of the Commission whose term of authorities has terminated shall not take part in the sessions of the Commission in the period before the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopts the respective decision.
3. The authorities of a member of the Commission may be terminated prior to the expiration of terms for the reasons and in accordance with the procedure established by this Law.
4. The reasons for terminating the authorities of a member of the Commission prior to the expiration of terms are:
1) A personal request about termination of authorities;
2) If he or she attains the age of sixty five years;
3) Termination of his or her citizenship of Ukraine;
4) His or her departure from Ukraine for permanent residence abroad;
5) His or her neglect of the requirements concerning incompatibility of the mandate with other kinds of activity established by part three and five of article 7 of this Law;
6) A guilty verdict against him or her enters into legal force;
7) If he or she is declared incapable, disappears without traces or is announced dead;
8) If the member of the Commission violates the oath;
9) Inability to exercise his or her authorities due to his or her state of health.
6. The authorities if the member of the Commission shall be terminated in case of his or her death.
7. The Deputy Chairperson of the Commission shall file the submission about termination of the authorities of a member of the Commission prior to the expiration of terms based on the reasons envisaged by clause 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of part four and by part five of this article to the President of Ukraine.
8. If the circumstances specified in part four of this article occur, the President of Ukraine shall, within a three days term, file a submission to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine about the termination of the authorities of the member of the Commission prior to the expiration of terms.
9. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine shall take the respective decision based on the results of the consideration of the submission by the President of Ukraine concerning termination of the authorities of a member of the Commission prior to the expiration of terms.
10) The President of Ukraine shall, in a timely manner but not later than 30 days after the day the authorities of a member of the Commission were terminated, submit to the Verkhovna Rada the candidacy of a person who is suggested for the position as member of the Commission instead of the one whose authorities were terminated.
11) The President of Ukraine shall simultaneously, with the submission concerning the premature termination of the authorities of a member of the Commission, file a submission about the appointment of a member of the Commission instead of the one whose authorities were terminated.
