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3.  The [F1Department of Justice] may, after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice, dismiss a Commissioner if satisfiedN.I.

(a)that the Commissioner has without reasonable excuse failed to carry out any functions for a continuous period of 3 months beginning not earlier than 6 months before the day of dismissal;

(b)that the Commissioner has been convicted of a criminal offence;

(c)that a bankruptcy order has been made against the Commissioner, or the Commissioner's estate had been sequestrated, or the Commissioner has made a composition or arrangement with, or granted a trust deed for, the Commissioner's creditors; or

(d)that the Commissioner is unable or unfit to carry out any functions of a Commissioner.

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