Section 15 - Removal of Chairperson and Members. - The Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial And Other Subsidies, Benefits And Services) Act, 2016

Removal of Chairperson and Members. 15. (1) The Central Government may remove from office, the Chairperson, or a Member, who- (a) is, or at any time has been adjudged as insolvent; (b) has become physically or mentally incapable of acting as the Chairperson or, as the case may be, a Member; (c) has been convicted of an offence which, in the opinion of the Central Government, involves moral turpitude; (d) has acquired such financial or other interest as is likely to affect prejudicially his functions as the Chairperson or, as the case may be, a Member; or (e) has, in the opinion of the Central Government, so abused his position as to render his continuance in office detrimental to the public interest. (2) The Chairperson or a Member shall not be removed under clause (b), clause (d) or clause (e) of sub-section (1) unless he has been given a reasonable opportunity of being heard.