Section 16:
Restrictions on Chairperson or Members on employment after cessation of office.
The
Chairperson or a Member on ceasing to hold office for any reason, shall not, without previous approval of
the Central Government, —
(a) accept any employment in, or be connected with the management of any organisation,
company or any other entity which has been associated with any work done or contracted out by the
Authority, whether directly or indirectly, during his tenure as Chairperson or Member, as the case
may be, for a period of three years from the date on which he ceases to hold office:
Provided that nothing contained in this clause shall apply to any employment under the Central
Government or a State Government or local authority or in any statutory authority or any corporation
established by or under any Central, State or provincial Act or a Government Company, as defined in
clause (45) of section 2 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013);
(b) act, for or on behalf of any person or organisation in connection with any specific proceeding
or transaction or negotiation or a case to which the Authority is a party and with respect to which the
Chairperson or such Member had, before cessation of office, acted for or provided advice to, the
Authority;
(c) give advice to any person using information which was obtained in his capacity as the
Chairperson or a Member and being unavailable to or not being able to be made available to the
public; or
(d) enter, for a period of three years from his last day in office, into a contract of service with,
accept an appointment to a board of directors of, or accept an offer of employment with, an entity
with which he had direct and significant official dealings during his term of office.