law: The Right to Information Act, 2005
  The Chief Information
  
  Commissioner shall hold office for a term of five years from the date on which
  
  he enters upon his office and shall not be eligible for reappointment
  1.   The Chief Information
  
  Commissioner shall hold office for a term of five years from the date on which
  
  he enters upon his office and shall not be eligible for reappointment:
  that no
  
  Chief Information Commissioner shall hold office as such after he has attained
  
  the age of sixty-five years.
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  2.   Every Information
  
  Commissioner shall hold office for a term of five years from the date on which
  
  he enters upon his office or till he attains the age of sixty-five years,
  
  whichever is earlier, and shall not be eligible for reappointment as such
  
  Information Commissioner:
  that every
  
  Information Commissioner shall, on vacating his office under this sub-section
  
  be eligible for appointment as the Chief Information Commissioner in the manner
  
  specified in sub-section (3) of section 12:
  Provided further that
  
  where the Information Commissioner is appointed as the Chief Information
  
  Commissioner, his term of office shall not be more than five years in aggregate
  
  as the Information Commissioner and the Chief Information Commissioner.
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  3.   The Chief Information
  
  Commissioner or an Information Commissioner shall before he enters upon his
  
  office make and subscribe before the President or some other person appointed
  
  by him in that behalf, an oath or affirmation according to the form set out for
  
  the purpose in the First Schedule.
  4.   The Chief Information
  
  Commissioner or an Information Commissioner may, at any time, by writing under
  
  his hand addressed to the President, resign from his office:
  that the
  
  Chief Information Commissioner or an Information Commissioner may be removed in
  
  the manner specified under section 14.
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  5.   The salaries and
  
  allowances payable to and other terms and conditions of service of -  
  
   
  a.   the Chief Information
  
  Commissioner shall be the same as that of the Chief Election Commissioner;
  b.   an Information
  
  Commissioner shall be the same as that of an Election Commissioner:  
  
  
  
     
  that if the
  
  Chief Information Commissioner or an Information Commissioner, at the time of
  
  his appointment is, in receipt of a pension, other than a disability or wound
  
  pension, in respect of any previous service under the Government of India or
  
  under the Government of a State, his salary in respect of the service as the
  
  Chief Information Commissioner or an Information Commissioner shall be reduced
  
  by the amount of that pension including any portion of pension which was
  
  commuted and pension equivalent of other forms of retirement benefits excluding
  
  pension equivalent of retirement gratuity:      
  Provided further that
  
  if the Chief Information Commissioner or an Information Commissioner if, at the
  
  time of his appointment is, in receipt of retirement benefits in respect of any
  
  previous service rendered in a Corporation established by or under any Central
  
  Act or State Act or a Government company owned or controlled by the Central
  
  Government or the State Government, his salary in respect of the service as the
  
  Chief Information Commissioner or an Information Commissioner shall be reduced
  
  by the amount of pension equivalent to the retirement benefits:    
  
   
  Provided also that
  
  the salaries, allowances and other conditions of service of the Chief
  
  Information Commissioner and the Information Commissioners shall not be varied
  
  to their disadvantage after their appointment.  
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  6.   The Central
  
  Government shall provide the Chief Information Commissioner and the Information
  
  Commissioners with such officers and employees as may be necessary for the
  
  efficient performance of their functions under this Act, and the salaries and
  
  allowances payable to and the terms and conditions of service of the officers
  
  and other employees appointed for the purpose of this Act shall be such as may
  
  be prescribed.
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  provisions of sub-section (3), the Chief Information Commissioner or any
  
  Information Commissioner shall be removed from his office only by order of the
  
  President on the ground of proved misbehaviour or incapacity after the Supreme
  
  Court, on a reference made to it by the President, has, on inquiry, reported
  
  that the Chief Information Commissioner or any Information Commissioner, as the
  
  case may be, ought on such ground be removed.  
  2.   The President may
  
  suspend from office, and if deem necessary prohibit also from attending the
  
  office during inquiry, the Chief Information Commissioner or Information
  
  Commissioner in respect of whom a reference has been made to the Supreme Court
  
  under sub-section (1) until the President has passed orders on receipt of the
  
  report of the Supreme Court on such reference.  
  3.   Notwithstanding
  
  anything contained in sub-section (1), the President may by order remove from
  
  office the Chief Information Commissioner or any Information Commissioner if
  
  the Chief Information Commissioner or a Information Commissioner, as the case
  
  may be,-    
  a.   is adjudged an
  
  insolvent; or
  b.   has been convicted of
  
  an offence which, in the opinion of the President, involves moral turpitude; or
  
      (c) engages during his term of office in any paid employment
  
  outside the duties of his office; or    
  c.   is, in the opinion of
  
  the President, unfit to continue in office by reason of infirmity of mind or
  
  body; or    
  d.   has acquired such
  
  financial or other interest as is likely to affect prejudicially his functions
  
  as the Chief Information Commissioner or a Information Commissioner.  
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  4.   If the Chief
  
  Information Commissioner or a Information Commissioner in any way, concerned or
  
  interested in any contract or agreement made by or on behalf of the Government
  
  of India or participates in any way in the profit thereof or in any benefit or
  
  emolument arising there from otherwise than as a member and in common with the
  
  other members of an incorporated company, he shall, for the purposes of
  
  sub-section (1), be deemed to be guilty of misbehavior.