# Cambridge University Act 1856, Section 14: Member of Council becoming Vice-Chancellor not to vacate seat.


If any member of the Council shall become Vice-Chancellor, his seat shall not thereby become vacant, nor shall the seat of any member of the Council become vacant by reason that after his election he may have become or may have ceased to be a professor or a head of a college: Provided always, that if any of the eight members of the Senate chosen from the electoral roll as aforesaid shall afterwards cease to be on the electoral roll, his seat shall thereupon become and be declared to be vacant.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/19-20/88/section/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/cambridge-university-act-1856/section-14
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