law: Electricity Act, 2003
  89. Term of office
  
  and conditions of service of Members.-
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    The
  
  Chairperson or other Member shall hold office for a term of five years from the
  
  date he enters upon his office:
  Provided
  
  that  
  
  the Chairperson or other Member in the Central Commission or the State
  
  Commission shall not be eligible for re-appointment in the same capacity as the
  
  Chairperson or a Member in that Commission in which he had earlier held office
  
  as such:
  Provided
  
  further that  
  
  no Chairperson or Member shall hold office as such after he has attained the
  
  age of sixty-five years.
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    The
  
  salary, allowances and other terms and conditions of service of the Chairperson
  
  and Members shall be such as may be prescribed by the Appropriate Government:
  Provided
  
  that  
  
  the salary, allowances and other terms and conditions of service of the
  
  Members, shall not be varied to their disadvantage after appointment.
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    Every
  
  Member shall, before entering upon his office, make and subscribe to an oath of
  
  office and secrecy in such form and in such manner and before such authority as
  
  may be prescribed.
  4.     
  
    Notwithstanding
  
  anything contained in sub-section (1), a Member may--
  a.      relinquish his office
  
  by giving in writing to the Appropriate Government a notice of not less than
  
  three months; or
  b.     be removed from his
  
  office in accordance with the provisions of section 90.
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  5.     
  
    Any
  
  member ceasing to hold office as such shall--
  a.      not accept any
  
  commercial employment for a period of two years from the date he ceases to hold
  
  such office; and
  b.     not represent any
  
  person before the Central Commission or any State Commission in any manner.
  Explanation:-  For the purposes of
  
  this sub-section, "commercial employment" means employment in any
  
  capacity in any organisation which has been a party to the proceedings before
  
  the Appropriate Commission or employment in any capacity under, or agency of, a
  
  person engaged in trading, commercial, industrial or financial business in
  
  electricity industry and includes a director of a company or partner of a firm
  
  or setting up practice either independently or as partner of a firm or as an
  
  adviser or a consultant.