- (c)"misconduct" refers to conduct after the fourteenth day of August, 1947, and includes any subversive activity, the preaching of any doctrine or the doing of any act which contributes to political instability, bribery, corruption or having a general and persistent reputation for being corrupt, jobbery, favouritism, nepotism, willful maladministration, willful misapplication or diversion of public moneys or moneys collected whether by public subscription or otherwise and any other abuse of whatsoever kind of power or position, and any attempt at, or abctment of, such misconduct;
- (d)"respondent" means the person in respect of whom a reference is made under clause (1) of Article 6; and
- (e)"Tribunal" means a Tribunal appointed under Article 3.
3. Appointment of Tribunals- (1) The President, the Governor of West Pakistan and the Governor of East Pakistan may each appoint, by notification in the official Gazette, one or more Tribunals for the purposes of this Order.
(2) Each such Tribunal shall consist of three members, one of whom shall be notified to be the Presiding Member:
Provided that the Presiding Member shall be a person who is or has been a Judge of the Supreme Court, the Federal Court, or a High Court, or a District and Sessions Judge who is or was qualified to be appointed as a Judge of a High Court.
(3) The Tribunals appointed as aforesaid shall respectively be known as the Central (Elective Bodies Disqualification) Tribunal, the West Pakistan (Elective Bodics Disqualification) Tribunal and the East Pakistan (Elective Bodies Disqualification) Tribunal.
4. Functions of Tribunals. - (1) Save as provided in clause (4), the Central (Elective Bodies Disqualification) Tribunal shall enquire into and report upon cases relating to the misconduct of-
(a) person who have held any office, post or position, including the membership of any clective body under, or in connection with the affairs of, the Federation; and
(b)persons ordinarily resident in the Federal Capital at the time of committing the misconduct, or at any time thereafter.
(2) Save as provided in clause (4), the West Pakistan (Elective Bodies Disqualification) Tribunal shall enquire into and report upon cases relating to the misconduct of-
- (a) persons who have, on or after the fourteenth day of October, 1955, held any office. post or position, including the membership of any elective body, in or in connection with the affairs of the Province of West Pakistan, or, before that day, in or in connection with the affairs of any of the Provinces, Acceding States or other areas, incorporated on that day into the said Province; and
