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Casual vacancies how to be filled up.— In the event of non-acceptance of office by a person elected 3[* * * *] to be a councillor or of the death, resignation or disqualification of a councillor, of his becoming incapable of acting 4[during the term of his office] there shall be deemed to be a casual vacancy in the office and such vacancy shall be filled up, as soon as it conveniently may be, by the election 5[* * *] of a person thereto who shall hold office so long only as the councillor in whose place he is elected would have been entitled to hold it if the vacancy had not occurred. 6[The casual vacancy in the office of an elected councillor shall be filled up in the manner provided in section 34]: 7[Provided that no election shall be held to fill up such vacancy 8[if it occurs within six months preceding the date on which the term of office of the Councillor expires under section 6A.]] 9[* * * *]