Section 16
Election of office bearers . — (1) The Committee shall, at its first meeting after the election of the pro tempore Chairman under sub-section (4) of section 15, elect from amongst its members a President, who shall conduct the election of other office -bearers and members of the Executive Board under this section.
16. Election of office bearers . — (1) The Committee shall, at its first meeting after the election of the pro tempore Chairman under sub-section (4) of section 15, elect from amongst its members a President, who shall conduct the election of other office -bearers and members of the Executive Board under this section.
(2) The Committee shall also at its first meeting elect from amongst its members a Senior Vice -President, Junior Vice -President, General Secretary and a Joint Secretary (hereinafter referred to as office -bearers of the Committee), and shall also at the same meeting in like manner elect ten of its m embers to be members of the Executive Board of the Committee, and the office -bearers and members so elected shall be the Executive Board of the Committee.
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(4) No member of the Committee shall, at the same time, hold any of the offices referred to in sub -section (1) or sub-section (2) in more than one capacity.
(5) The President and other members of the Executive Board elected under sub-section (1) or sub -section (2) shall hold office for a term of one year but shall be eligible for re-election for one more term only:
Provided that an outgoing office-bearer or member shall continue in office until election of his successor is held.
(6) The election of the President and other office-bearers and members of the Executive Board under sub -section (1) or sub-section (2) or any subsequent annual election to any of those offices shall be held in such manner as may be prescribed by rules.
(7) The provisions of sub-section (2) of section 5 shall apply so far as may be to the filling of a casual vacancy in the 2 [office of the President, any other office-bearer or member of the Executive Board] as they apply in relation to casual vacancies in the membership of the Committee.