Tenure of office

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, a person appointed as Contractor-General shall hold office for a period of three years and shall, at the expiration of such period, be eligible for reappointment. (2) A person appointed as Contractor-General may, at his own request, be relieved of office by the Governor-General and shall in any case, subject to the provisions of sub-sections (3) and (4), vacate office on attaining the age of sixty-five years. (3) The Governor-General, acting on the recommendations of the National Assembly, may permit a Contractor-General who attains the age of sixty-five years to continue in office until he has attained such later age, not exceeding seventy years, as may be agreed between them. (4) Notwithstanding that he has attained the age at which he is required by or under the provisions of this section to vacate his office, the Contractor-General may continue in office for such period after attaining that age as the Governor-General, acting on the recommendations of the National Assembly, may specify, in order to enable the Contractor-General to give his decision or do any other thing in relation to any investigation he was conducting before he attained that age. (5) Nothing done by the Contractor-General shall be invalid by reason only that he has attained the age at which he is required by this section to vacate his office.