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of Belize (except as may be necessary in respect of serving

or retired Judges) and must be persons of integrity and

nigh national standing. The membership of the Advisory

Council shall include at least two members who hold or have

held public office of high standing; one serving or retired

Judge of a Superior Court of Record; and one person who is

an eminent member of a recognised profession in Belize.

41. The office of a member shall become vacant at the expiration

of 10 years or such earlier period as may be specified in the

instrument of his appointment; when he attains the age of

75 years; if he resigns; or if by a two-thirds majority of the

House of Representatives he is declared unable to perform his

functions as a member of the Council by reason of his absence

or infirmity of body or mind or by reason of a breach of

paragraph 106.

42. One of the Council's functions shall be to advise the

Governor-General on the exercise of the royal prerogative of

mercy. Other functions and duties of the Council shall be

those conferred or imposed upon it under the Constitution

or any other law. In the exercise of its functions the ·

Council shall not be subject to the direction or control of

any other person or authority.

43.

The Council shall be summoned by the Governor-General in

the circumstances envisaged in the Constitution and otherwise

by the Governor-General acting in his own deliberate judgment.

He shall, so far as is practicable, attend and preside at all

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