Cap. 415 Art. 45Appointmentofthe Board.

(1) The Minister shall by notice in the Gazette appoint a Copyright Board, consisting of a chairman and two other members for the purpose of performing the functions assigned to such Board by the provisions of this Act.

(2) The Chairman of the said Board shall be a retired Judge or a retired Magistrate or a person who has practised as an advocate in Malta for a period of, or periods amounting in the aggregate to, not less than seven years.

(3) The Minister shall also appoint two other persons to act as members of the Board, one to replace the chairman and the other to replace any of the other two members, whenever the chairman or any of the other members, as the case may be, is, for any reason, unable to carry out his functions.

(4) Every member of the Board shall hold office during the Minister’s pleasure and the Minister may, without assigning any reason, revoke the appointment of any member and appoint a new member whenever he deems it to be necessary.

(5) The members of the Board, with the exception of the Chairman if he is a Magistrate, shall, before entering upon their office, take before the Attorney General the oath to examine and decide any matter referred to them with equity and impartiality.