26. Officer convicted of criminal charge
Where a teacher is convicted in any court of a criminal charge, the Commission may consider the relevant proceedings on such charge and where the teacher has been convicted and sentenced to imprisonment he or she shall be summarily dismissed except that no such dismissal shall take effect pending an appeal. Where it is a case not involving imprisonment the Commission may consider whether the teacher ought to be dismissed or subject to the foregoing regulations be subject to some lesser punishment in respect of the offence of which he or she had been convicted and the Commission shall thereupon dismiss or otherwise impose such lesser punishment without the institution of disciplinary action under the Regulations.