® SOIITHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COUIIUNITY ARTICLE 7 THE PRESIDENT 1. The Tribunal shall elect its President for a term of three (3) years. 2. If the President is temporarily absent or otherwise unable to carry out his or her functions, the other Members shall elect an Acting President. ARTICLES RESIGNATION AND TERMINATION OF OFFICE 1. The President may at any time resign his or her office by a letter to the Council delivered through the Executive Secretary. 2. A Member other than the President may at any time resign his or her office by a letter delivered to the President for transmission to the Council through the Executive Secretary. 3. No Member may be dismissed unless in accordance with the rules. 4. Notwithstanding the expiration of his or her term of office, a Member shall continue to hear and to complete those cases partly heard by him or her. ARTICLE9 DISQUALIFICATION OR RECUSAL 1. No Member may exercise any political or administrative function, or may hold any political office or any office in the service of a State, the Community or an organisation or engage in any trade, vocation or profession or any other occupation which might interfere with the proper exercise of his or her judicial functions, impartiality or independence. 2. No Member may participate in the decision of any case in which he or she has previously taken part as an agent, a representative or an advisor, or as a member of a national or international court or tribunal or in any other capacity or in any matter in which a State of which he or she is a national is a party to a dispute before the Tribunal. 3. Any dispute regarding the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall be resolved by a decision of the Tribunal sitting without the Member concerned. ARTICLE 10 IMMUNITY FROM LEGAL PROCEEDINGS The Members shall be immune from legal proceedings in respect of anything said or done by them in their judicial capacity. They shall continue to enjoy such immunity after they have ceased to hold office. -4- Protocol on Tribunal