Art. XIII, § 5

Removal from office for misconduct

Duty Public Officers & Civil Service Art. XIII · Public Officers

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Provision shall be made by law for the removal for misconduct or malversation in office of all officers, except judicial, whose powers and duties are not local or legislative and who shall be elected at general elections, and also for supplying vacancies created by such removal.

Simplified explanation

The law must provide for removing for misconduct or malversation in office all non-judicial officers elected at general elections whose powers and duties are not local or legislative, and for filling the resulting vacancies.