-(1) Without prejudice to the other provisions of this Article, the

144.-(1) Without prejudice to the other provisions of this Article, the office of Controller and Auditor-General of the United Republic shall be obliged to vacate Controller and Auditor- office upon attaining the age of sixty or any other age which shall be prescribed General by a law enacted by Parliament. Act No.15 (2) The Controller and Auditor-General may be removed from office only of 1984 for inability to perform the functions of his office (either due to illness or to any Art.43 Act No.12 other reason) or for misbehaviour or for violating the provisions of the law of 1995 concerning the ethics of public leaders and shall not be so removed except in Art.19 accordance with the provisions of subarticle (4) of this Article. (3) If the President considers that the question of the removal of the Controller and Auditor-General from office under the provisions of this Article needs to be investigated, then the procedure shall be as follows: (a) the President shall appoint a Special Tribunal which shall consist of a Chairman and not less than two other members. The Chairman and at least half of the other members of that Special Tribunal shall be persons who are or have been Judges of the High Court or of the Court of Appeal in any country within the Commonwealth; and (b) the Special Tribunal shall investigate and submit report to the President on whole matter and shall advise him whether or not the Controller and Auditor General should be removed from office in accordance with the provisions of this Article on the grounds of inability to perform his functions due to illness or any other reason or on grounds of misbehaviour. (4) If the Special Tribunal appointed in accordance with the provisions of subarticle (3) advises the President that the Controller and Auditor-General be removed from office on grounds of inability to perform functions of his office due to illness or any other reason or on grounds of misbehaviour, then the President shall remove him from office. (5) If the question of removing the Controller and Auditor-General has been referred to a Special Tribunal for investigation pursuant to the provisions of this Article, the President may suspend the Controller and Auditor-General from office, and the President may at any time rescind the decision to suspend the Controller and Auditor-General and in any case such decision shall lapse if the Special Tribunal advises the President that the Controller and Auditor-General be not removed from office. (6) A person who holds or who has held the office of Controller and Auditor-General shall not be appointed to, or act in, any other office in the service of the Government of the Untied Republic. (7) The provisions of this Article shall not apply to any person appointed acting Controller and Auditor-General. CHAPTER EIGHT PUBLIC AUTHORITIES