136 The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka 129 [CHAPTER XVIII A NATIONAL POLICE COMMISSION Constitution of the National Police Commission 155A. 130[(1) There shall be a National Police Commission (in this Chapter referred to as the “Commission”) consisting of not less than five members and not more than seven members appointed by the President subject to the provisions of Article 41A. The President shall appoint one member as the Chairman of the Commission.] (2) No person shall be appointed as a member of the Commission or continue to hold office as such member if he is or becomes a member of Parliament, a Provincial Council or a local authority. his as (3) Every person who a member of the Commission, was a public officer in the service of the State or a judicial officer, shall upon such appointment taking effect, cease to hold such office and shall be ineligible for further appointment as a public officer or a judicial officer: Provided that any such person shall, until he ceases to be a member of the or while to be a member, attains the age at which he would, if he were a public officer or a judicial officer, as the case may be, be required to retire, be deemed to be a public officer or a judicial officer and to hold a pensionable office in the service of the State, for the purpose of any provision relating to the grant of pensions, gratuities and other allowances in respect of such service. 131 [(4) Every member of the Commission shall hold office for a period of three years from the date of his appointment, unless he becomes subject to any disqualification under paragraph (2) of this Article, or earlier resigns from his office by writing addressed to the President or is removed from office by the President, or is convicted by a court of law of any offence involving moral turpitude or if a resolution for the imposition of civic disability upon him has been passed in terms of Article 81 or is deemed to have vacated his office under paragraph (6) of this Article.] 129 - New Chapter XVIIIA inserted by the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution Sec. 20. 130 - Substituted by the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution Sec. 43 (1). 131 - Substituted by the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution Sec. 43(2).