# Cambridge University Act 1856, Section 11: As to filling up of casual vacancies.


Any casual vacancy occurring by death, resignation, or otherwise among the members of the Council shall be filled by the election of a qualified person, according to the directions of this Act, upon a day not later than twenty-one days or sooner than seven days after such occurrence, to be fixed by the Vice-Chancellor, and publicly notified by him; but if such vacancy shall occur during vacation, the occurrence shall be deemed for the purpose of such notice to have taken place on the first day of the ensuing term; and the person so elected shall be subject to the same rules and conditions as to the tenure of office, and in all other respects, as the person to whose place he succeeds would have been subject to if no such vacancy had taken place.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/19-20/88/section/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/cambridge-university-act-1856/section-11
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