16.—(1) If the Chairman becomes by ill-health permanently incapacitated for performing his duties as Chairman, the ordinary Commissioners may by unanimous vote remove him from office.
(2) The ordinary Commissioners may at any time by unanimous vote remove the Chairman from office for cause stated and after giving him a reasonable opportunity of being heard.
(3) If and whenever the Chairman is adjudged bankrupt or makes a composition or arrangement with his creditors or is sentenced by a court of competent jurisdiction to suffer imprisonment or penal servitude, he shall be disqualified from holding the office of Chairman.
(4) The powers conferred by this section on the ordinary Commissioners shall not be exercisable while there is a vacancy in their number.
