section, the employee may not be given an opportunity to be heard and an employee whose service has been terminated in the public interest under this section shall not be regarded as having been dismissed, regardless of whether the termination of service of the employees involved an element of punishment or was connected with conduct in relation to his office which the Commission regards as unsatisfactory or blameworthy. 

31.   (1)   A person who is was in the employment of the Commission may be surcharged if it appears to the Commission that the person -----

            (a)   has failed to collect money owing to the Commission for the 
                    collection of which he is or was responsible;

            (b)   is or was responsible for any improper payment of money from the 
                    Commission or for any payment of money which is not duly 
                    approved;

            (c)   is or was responsible, directly or indirectly, for any deficiency in, or 
                   for the destruction of, any money, store or other property of the 
                   Commission;

           (d)   has failed to make any payment, or is or was responsible for any 
                   delay in the payment from the Commission, of any money to any 
                   person to whom such payment is due under any law, or under any 
                   contract, agreement or arrangement entered into between that 
                   person and the Commission; or

          (e)   being or having been an accounting officer, fails or has failed to keep 
                  proper accounts or records.

        (2)   In this section, "accounting officer" includes an employee who is charged with ----

            (a)   the duty of collecting, receiving or accounting for, or who in fact 
                   collects, receives or accounts for, any money of the 
                   Commission;