(b) a member of two or more other statutory bodies; shall not be appointed as a member of the Board nor shall he be qualified to hold office as a member. (3) For the purposes of paragraph (b) of subsection (2), a person who is appointed to a council, board or other Agency which is a statutory body or which is responsible for the administration of the affairs of a statutory body shall be regarded as a member of that statutory body. 14 Terms of office and conditions of service of members of Board (1) A member of the Board shall hold office for such period, not exceeding three years, as the President may fix at the time of his appointment. (2) On the expiry of the period for which an appointed member has been appointed to the Board, he shall continue to hold office until he has been re-appointed or his successor has been appointed: Provided that a member shall not continue to hold office in terms of this subsection for more than six months. (3) A person who ceases to be a member of the Board shall be eligible for re-appointment. (4) Members of the Board shall hold office on such conditions as the President may fix. 15 Vacation of office by members of Board (1) An member of the Board shall vacate his office and his office shall become vacant— (a) one month after the date he gives notice in writing to the President, through the Minister, of his intention to resign his office or after the expiry of such other period of notice as he and the Minister may agree; or (b) on the date he 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; and (c) if he becomes disqualified in terms of section thirteen to hold office as a member; or (d) if he is required in terms of subsection (2) or (3) to vacate his office as a member. (2) The President may require a member of the Board to vacate his office if the member— (a) has been guilty of conduct which renders him unsuitable to continue to hold office as a member; or (b) has failed to comply with any condition of his office fixed in terms of section fourteen; or (c) is mentally or physically incapable of efficiently exercising his functions as a member. (3) The President, on the recommendation of the Minister, may require a member of the Board to vacate his office if the President is satisfied that the member has been absent without the consent of the chairman of the Board from three consecutive meetings of the Board, of which he has been given at least seven days’ notice, and that there was no just cause for the member's absence. 18

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