or (c) within the period of five years immediately preceding his or her proposed appointment, he or she has been sentenced in any country by a competent court to a term of imprisonment imposed without the option of a fine, whether or not any portion thereof has been suspended, and has not received a free pardon; or (d) he or she is a member of Parliament. (2) A person shall not be qualified for appointment as a member, nor shall he or she hold office as a member, if he or she is a member of two or more other statutory bodies. Expiry of membership and re-appointment of members 3.(1) On the expiry of the period for which a member has been appointed, he or she shall continue to hold office until he or she has been re-appointed or his or her successor has been appointed: Provided that a member shall not continue to hold office in terms of this subsection for more than six months. (2) A person who ceases to be a member shall be eligible for re-appointment. Vacation of office by members 4.(1) An member shall vacate his or her office and his or her office shall become vacant— (a) one month after the date he or she gives notice in writing to the Minister of his or her intention to resign his office or after the expiry of such other period of notice as he or she and the Minister may agree; or (b) on the date he or she begins to serve a sentence of imprisonment, whether or not any portion has been suspended, imposed without the option of a fine— (i) in Zimbabwe, in respect of an offence; or (ii) outside Zimbabwe, in respect of conduct which, if committed in Zimbabwe, would have constituted an offence; or (c) if he or she becomes disqualified in terms of paragraph 2 to hold office as a member. (2) The Minister may require an appointed member of the Commission to vacate his or her office if the member— (a) has been guilty of conduct which renders him or her unsuitable to continue to hold office as a member; or (b) has failed to comply with any condition of his or her office fixed in terms of section 5(3); or (c) is mentally or physically incapable of efficiently performing his or her duties as a member. (3) The Minister, on the recommendation of the Commission, may require a member to vacate his or her office if the Minister is satisfied that the member has been absent without the consent of the chairperson from three consecutive meetings of the Commission, of which he or 17