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For sectiOn 7 of the pnnc1pal Act, the followmg ment of sec- shall be substituted, namely :- tion 7 of "7. If any member dies or resigns his membership or t_ssat;_94,fct ceases to be a member as provided in section 8, the vacancy 0 • shall be filled by fresh nomination or election as the case ·may be under section 4 : Provided that any per6on nominated or elected to fill a casual vacancy shall hold office only so long as the mem- ber in whose place the nomination or election is made would.J;rave held office". Amend- ~. In section 8 of the principal Act, between the words ~ent of sec-- "nominated" and "member" the words "or elected" shall twn 8 of the • Assam Act be mserted II ef 1944. Amend-