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Filling of casual vacancies. - (1) When the place of a trustee appointed by the State Government, becomes vacant by his resignation, removal or death, the State Government shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy. (2) When the place of an elected trustee becomes vacant by his resignation, re- moval or death, the vacancy shall be filled, within two months of the existence of such vacancy being notified to the municipal committee by the trust, in the man- ner provided by sub-section (3) of section 4, provided that if the municipal committee fails to elect a qualified person to fill the vacancy within the period herein prescribed, the provisions of sub-section (4) of the said section shall apply. (3) Every person appointed or elected to fill a casual vacancy under this section shall hold his place for the time for and subject to the conditions upon which it was tenable by the person in whose place he has been so appointed or elected, and no longer; but he may, if otherwise qualified, be re-appointed or re-elected : Provided that no person elected or appointed under sub-section (2) shall con- tinue to be a trustee after he has ceased to be a member of the municipal committee, but he may so continue notwithstanding that the trustee in whose place he was elected or appointed has ceased to be a member of the said committee. Section 9