Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) The term of office of the Chairman, Vice-chairman and the members Chairman, vice- of a market commiltee, other than the ex-oflcio members, shall be three years fr>m Chairman and the date of publication of the notification in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette mem her", under section 10 and such Chairman , Vice-Chairman and members shall be eligibk I for nomination for another term of three years: Provided that for the purposes of this sub-section, a person who has held office in a casual vacancy for a period of not less than one year shall be deemed to have held ofRce for one full term of three years: Provided further that the Chairman or the Vize-Chairman or a member, not.. withstanding the expiry of his term of office. shall continue to hold office and fl7nctiofl as the Chairman or the Vice-Chairman or a rnember,as the case may bc,of the market committee until the nomination of his successor, or for a period of three months, whichever is earlier : 'Provided also that the Government may, by notifisation, on or before the expu\ of the term of office of the Chairman, the Vice-Chairman and the members of market committee. for suficient cause, direct that the term of o8ce of c~ich C'h,qlrman, Vice-Cliairman and members of the market committee as a wliole be extended by such period not cxcxwiing s i ~ months at an) one time, but no: xceeiling one year in the apgregal~, 1s may be specified therein. (2) (a) The Chairman or Vice-Chairman or a memtxr of every malket committee, other than the ex-oificio member or ti12 mcm!):rs nominated under clause (f) of section 8, shall cease to hold oEce :f he absents 111rrrr;df from three con=- cutive meetings of the market committee, includrtig 11jt.cting.. which, ror want qr~nruni collld not bc held. TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINh 127 - I A S .- . --- - , i 3 (b) For the purposes cf ciause Cr.). no meeting of the market committee from which the Chairman or the Vice-Chairman or a member absents himself shall be counted against him if due notice of that meeting was not given to h'im. ' ', (3) Where a person ceases to be the Chairman or the Vice-Chairman or a member under sub-section (2), the Chief Administrative OfFcer shall ..: once intimate the fact in writing to such person and report the same tu che Government. The Government may, on their own motion, or on an application made by such persoh within fifteen days of thc receipt by him of such intimation, restore him to his ofiw as the Chairman or the Vice-Chairinan or the member, as the case may be: Provided that the Chairman or the Vice-Chairman or a member shall not be so r es~ored more than twice during his term of office. (4) Every casual vacancy in the o%ce of the Cl~airman or the Vice-Chairman or any membc~ of the market corn mittee shall ordic;!rily be filled up not later than three months from the date of occurrence of the vacancy by a i l ~ h nomination In the manner prescribed : Provided that no casual vacancy shall LE filled up within four inonthsbefore the cxpiry of the term of office of the Chairman or the Vice-Chairman or the member in whose office the casual vacallcy has occurred. I (5) The Chairman or the Vice.Chairman or the rnember nominaled to tit! up a casual vacaIlcv under sgb-section (4) shall hold office only so long as the Cha~rmslo or the Vice-Chairman or the member in whose place hc is nominated would have been entitled to hold office if the vacancy had not occurred. Explanation. -.For the purpose of this section, "casual vacancyw means a vacanoy occurring otherwise than by efflux of time. (6) If at any time it appears to the Government that any person nominated by them as a member has shown himself to be unsuitable for his office, or has beeo guilty of any misconduct or neglect which renders his removal expedient, the Government may, after giving him a,n opportunity of making his representation against the proposal by notizcation, remove such person from his office.