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Article 142 1. A person shall be appointed a member of the Constitutional Appointments Authority for a term of seven years and subject to any law, may, at the end of a term, be reappointed for further terms of office. 2. A person holding office as member of the Constitutional Appointments Authority may, by writing addressed to the President and Leader of Opposition, and, in the case of a member who is not the Chairman, to the Chairman, resign. 3. A resignation under clause (2) shall have effect on the date it is last received by any person specified in that clause. 4. The salary, allowances and gratuity payable to a member of the Constitutional Appointments Authority shall be prescribed by or under an Act and the salary, allowances or gratuity shall be a charge on the Consolidated Fund. 5. Subject to Article 166, the salary, allowances and gratuity payable to and the term and other conditions of appointment of a member of the constitutional Appointments Authority shall not be altered to the disadvantage of the member after the appointment. 6. The Constitutional Appointments Authority may regulate its own proceedings and may act notwithstanding one vacancy in its membership. OMBUDSMAN