137.26. A commissioner may, with the authorization of and for the time determined by the president of the Commission, continue to exercise the functions of a commissioner after the expiry of his or her term of office in order to conclude the cases the commissioner has begun to hear but has yet to determine; the commissioner shall be considered to be a supernumerary commissioner for the time required.
The first paragraph does not apply to a commissioner who has been dismissed or otherwise removed from office.