(1) There shall be a
National Natural Resources and Fiscal Commission of Nepal, consisting of a
maximum of five members including a Chairperson.
(2) The President shall, on the recommendation of the Constitutional
Council, appoint the Chairperson and members of the National Natural Resources
and Fiscal Commission.
(3) The term of office of the Chairperson and members of the National
Natural Resources and Fiscal Commission shall be six years from the date of
appointment.
(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in clause (3), the office of the
Chairperson or member of the National Natural Resources and Fiscal Commission
shall be vacant in any of the following circumstances:
(a) if he or she tenders resignation in writing to the President,
(b) if he or she attains the age of sixty-five years,
(c) if a motion of impeachment is passed against him or her under
Article 101,
(d) if he or she is removed from office by the President on
recommendation of the Constitutional Council on grounds of
his or her inability to hold office and discharge the functions
due to physical or mental illness,
(e) if he or she dies.
(5) The Chairperson and members appointed under clause (2) shall not
be eligible for reappointment.
Provided that a member may be appointed to the office of Chairperson, and
when a member is so appointed as the Chairperson, his or her term of office shall
be so computed as to include his or her term as the member.
(6) A person shall be eligible to be appointed as the Chairperson or a
member of the National Natural Resources and Fiscal Commission if he or she
possesses the following qualification:
(a) having gained expertise upon being active for at least twenty years in
the field of natural resources or fiscal management, economics, law,
management, after holding a bachelor’s degree in the relevant subject
from a recognized university,
(b) not being a member of any political party at the time of appointment,
(c) having attained the age of forty five years,
(d) being of high moral character.
(7) The remuneration and other conditions of service of the Chairperson
and members of the National Natural Resources and Fiscal Commission shall be
as provided for in the Federal law, and their remuneration and conditions of
service shall not, so long as they hold office, be altered to their disadvantage.
Provided that this provision shall not apply in cases where a state of
emergency is declared because of extreme economic disarrays.
(8) A person once appointed as the Chairperson or a member of the
National Natural Resources and Fiscal Commission shall not be eligible for
appointment in other government service.
Provided that nothing in this clause shall be deemed to be a bar to the
appointment to any political position or to any position which has the
responsibility of making investigations, inquiries or findings on any subject, or to
any position which has the responsibility of submitting advice, opinion or
recommendation after carrying out a study or research on any subject.