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Article 166 1. A member of the Constitutional Appointments Authority or a member of the Public Service Appeal Board, in this Article referred to as a "Commissioner", may be removed from office only - a. for inability to perform the functions of the office, whether arising from infirmity of body or mind or from any other cause or for misbehaviour; and b. in accordance with clauses (2) and (3). 2. A Commissioner shall be removed from office by the President where the question of the removal of the Commissioner from office has been referred to a tribunal appointed under clause (3) and the tribunal has recommended to the President that the Commissioner ought to be removed from office. 3. Where a resolution passed by the votes of the majority of the members of the National Assembly that the question of removing a Commissioner ought to be investigated - a. the Speaker shall appoint a tribunal consisting of a President and not less than two other members all selected from persons who have held office as a Judge of a court having unlimited original jurisdiction or a court having jurisdiction in appeals from such a court or are eminent jurists of proven integrity; and b. the tribunal shall inquire into the matter and report on the facts thereof and recommend to the President whether the Commissioner ought to be removed from office. 4. Where under this Article the question of removing a Commissioner has been referred to a tribunal, the President may suspend the commissioner from performing the functions of the office but the suspension shall cease to have effect if the tribunal recommends to the President that the Commissioner ought not to be removed from office.