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Term of Office:- (1) The Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, publish the names of the members, both elected and nominated. (2) Save as otherwise provided by this Act, a member whether elected or nominated, shall hold office for a term of five years from the date of publication of the notification under sub- section (1). (3) Save as otherwise provided by this Act, the President and Vice-President shall hold the office from the date of their election, till the day on which their term of office as members expires. (4) The term of office of an outgoing member shall, notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), be deemed to extend to and expire with, the day immediately preceding the day on which the names of the successor members are published under sub-section (1). (5) The term of office of an outgoing President or Vice-President shall, notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (3), be deemed to extend to and expire with, the day immediately preceding the day on which the successor President or Vice-President, as the case may be, is elected. (6) An outgoing member shall be eligible for re-election or re-nomination. (7) Leave of absence may be granted by the Council to any member for a period not exceeding six months. (5) Casual Vacancies:- (1) Any casual vacancy, before the expiry of the term of the office of the President or the Vice-President or of a member elected under Clause (c) of sub-section (3) of section 3, caused by reason of death, resignation, disqualification or disability or any other reason, shall be filled by Government by election: Provided that, any such vacancy in the office of an elected member occurring within six months prior to the date on which the term of office of all the members expires, shall not be filled. (2) Any causal vacancy, previous to the expiry of the term in the office of a member nominated under Clauses (d), (e) and (f) of sub-section (3) of section 3 shall be reported forthwith by the Registrar to the State Government, and shall, as soon as possible thereafter, be filled by the State Government by nomination. (3) Any person elected under sub-section (1) or nominated under sub-section (2) to fill a causal vacancy shall, notwithstanding anything contained in section 4, hold office only so long as the person in whose place he is elected or nominated, would have held office, if the vacancy had not occurred. (6) Resignation:- a. The President or Vice-President may, at any time, resign his office by a notice in writing addressed to the Council and delivered to the Registrar. The resignation shall take effect from the date on which it is accepted by the Council. b. An elected member may at any time his office by a notice in writing addressed to the President. A nominated member may at any time resign his office by a notice in writing 34 झारखSड गजट (असाधारण) सोमवार, 7 दस!बर, 2020 addressed to the Government. Every such resignation shall take effect from the date on which it is accented by the President or, as the case may be, the Government. (7) Disqualification:- a. A person shall be disqualified for being elected or nominated as, and for continuing as, a member, if" i. he is, or becomes of, unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent Court; or ii. he is, or has been, convicted of any offence involving moral turpitude, which, in the opinion of the Government renders him unfit to be a members of the Council; or iii. he is, or at any time has been, adjudicated as an un-discharged insolvent; or iv. his name has been removed from the register and has not been re-entered therein; or v. he is a whole-time officer or servant of the Council. (2) If any member absents himself from three consecutive meetings of the Council, without leave of the Council, granted under sub-section (7) of section 4 or without such reason as may, in the opinion of the Council, be sufficient, the Council may declare his seat vacant and take steps to fill the vacancy. (3) If any member becomes or is found to be subject to any of the disqualifications mentioned in sub-section (1), the Council shall submit a report to the Government, and the Government, if satisfied about the disqualification, shall declare his seat vacant. (8) Meetings of Council:- (1) The meetings of the Council shall be convened in every six months, held and conducted in such manner as may be prescribed. Provided that the first meeting of the council shall be held at such time and place as may be appointed by the President. (2) The President, when present, shall preside at every meeting of the Council. If at any meeting the President is absent, the Vice-President, and in absence of the President and the Vice -Presidents, some other member elected by the members present from amongst themselves, shall preside at such meeting: (3) All questions at a meeting of the Council shall be decided by a majority of votes. (4) The presiding authority at a meeting of the Council shall have and exercise a second or a casting vote, in case of an equality of votes. (5) One Third member of the total members of the council shall constitute a quorum. When there is no quorum at a meeting, the Presiding Authority shall, after waiting for not less than thirty minutes for such quorum, adjourn the meeting to such hour on some future day as it may notify on the notice board at the office of the Council, and the business which would have been brought before the original meeting had there been a quorum thereat, shall be brought before the adjourned meeting, and may be disposed of at such meeting or any subsequent adjournment thereof, whether there be a quorum present, or not. (6) An extra-ordinary meeting of the council shall be convened if a requisition in writing by not less than one-fifth of the total member of the council is made to Secretary. झारखSड गजट (असाधारण) सोमवार, 7 दस!बर, 2020 35 Provided that atleast seven clear days notice shall be given for convening such meeting. (9) Proceedings of meetings:-