Marginal note:Appointment and tenure of office
3 (1) The Governor in Council shall, by commission under the Great Seal, appoint a qualified auditor to be the officer called the Auditor General of Canada to hold office during good behaviour for a term of ten years, but the Auditor General may be removed by the Governor in Council on address of the Senate and House of Commons.
Marginal note:Idem
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Auditor General ceases to hold office on attaining the age of sixty-five years.
Marginal note:Re-appointment
(3) Once having served as the Auditor General, a person is not eligible for re-appointment to that office.
Marginal note:Vacancy
(4) In the event of the absence or incapacity of the Auditor General or if the office of Auditor General is vacant, the Governor in Council may appoint a person temporarily to perform the duties of Auditor General.
- 1976-77, c. 34, s. 3
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