Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) A member other than .an e x , ,&.c~o~cnureor member, shall, save as otherwise expressly ,pruyi&l Ofiicc in this Act, hold office until the ex iry of ,a .Ite~m ;:of three years from the date of g is .ao.miqatipn ,or election, as the case may be, or untiI his successor bas been duly elected or nominated, whichever is later : Provided that any person who has h w . a member by the process of election or nomination under any of the clauses (c) to (g) of section 4 : shall, on ceasing to hold ,membership of the electorate, institution, organisation or Assembly, ,as the casemay b-e, .by virtue of which he was ele~ted .or ..nominated, .cease to Izclld oftice as .such ,member. - ' ,*:(2] 'Anymember,,other,than ihe-;Presideq~, .,may, at any ,time, resign 1 his., :office by ,writing u n k - : -Gs hand addres~ed to- : (a) :the State .Government, in case # he happens to be a nominated member ;. or (b) , t,he 'Przsident, fin case, he happensf .Lo .be an elected ,member, and .a resignation. so .teqda~d shall take effect fr4111 the date it is received by the State Government or,,as the case may be, by the President. , 11. 'The Council may , per-mit , any member .:to Leave of absent himself from the meetings of ,the Cou noil:;for abscncc to mcrnbcrs . any, period ,no$ exeed.ing t months.