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a member of the Council, the Officer Administering the Government shall cause the matter to be inquired into under the provisions of the Commissions of Inquiry Act (Chapter 61] or any other law hereafter replacing the same, and may thereupon by order under his hand suspend such member from the exercise of his functions as a member of the Council, pending the decision of the Oflicer Administering the Government on the findings of the Commission of Inquiry. (2) After inquiring into the matter, the Commission of Inquiry shall recommend 10 the Officer Administering the Govern- ment whether or not such member should be removed from office, and in the event of the Commission so recommending (but not otherwise), the Officer Administering the Government shall by order under the public seal remove the member from the Council. (3) In the case of a member of the Council who is an advocate or attorney, improper conduct for the purposes of this section shall be deemed to include any conduct which gives, or might give, rise to any conflict between the duties or interests of a person as a member of the Council and the duties or interests of such person in his professional capacity as an advocate or as an attorney personally or as a member of a firm of attorneys. 89. (1) For the periodical election of members of the Con- o stitutional Council at three-yearly intervals and the filling of casual vacancies as they occur, there shall be assembled. as occasion may C require, a body which shall be known as the Electoral College comprising -- (a) the Chairman and members for the time being of the Constitutional Council; (b) the Judge President, judges of appeal and the puisne judges of the High Court of Rhodesia; (c) any retired judges of the High Court of Rliodesia or of Southern Rhodesia or any division thereof who are resident in Rhodesia and are willing to act: (d) the President of the Council of Chiefs; (e) any former Chairman or member of the Constitutional Council who is resident in Rhodesia and willing to act, excluding any such person removed from office under the provisions of section 83 or 88 or whose scat became vacant under the provisions of subsection (3) of section 86. of ΕΙ (2) No person shall participate in the proceedings of the Electoral College as a member thereof when an election takes place in which such person is a candidate.

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