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Article 11 Casual Vacancies

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If a Member fails or refuses to accept office, or dies, or resigns, or becomes disqualified or ceases for any reason to be a Member then at the discretion of the Board the resulting vacancy shall be filled in the manner following—

(a)

the Board shall fill the vacancy by co-opting as a Member any qualified person in terms of articles 6(5) and 7, and the Member so substituted shall continue in office for the period that the person in whose place the co-opted Member is appointed would in the ordinary course have continued in office, and

(b)

at the end of such period the co-opted Member shall go out of office but shall be eligible for re-appointment, if qualified.