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Disqualification of members - subject to the provisions of section 22, a member shall cease to hold office as such if he- (a) is or becomes subject to any of the disqualifications specified in section 19; 3 [(aa) is elected as a member to a Ward/Office reserved for Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes or Backward Classes on the basis of a community certificate and subsequently the said community certificate is cancelled under section 5 of the Andhra Pradesh (Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes) Regulation of issue of Community Certificates Act, 1993 (Act 16 of 1993).] (b) absents himself from the meetings of the gram panchayat for a period of ninety days, reckoned from the date of the commencement of his term of office, or of the last meeting which he attended, or of his restoration to office as member under sub- section (1) of section 21, as the case may be, or if within the said period, less than three ordinary meetings have been held, absents himself from three consecutive ordinary meetings held after the said date: Provided that in the case of a woman member, a period of not more than four months at a time shall be excluded in reckoning the period of absence aforesaid, if for reasons of physical disability due to advanced stage of pregnancy and delivery, such member absents herself from meetings after giving a written