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Article 11 Vacation of office of governor

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A governor shall be deemed to have vacated his office as governor and the governing body of which he was a member and shall declare the place vacant in any of the following circumstances—

(a)

where he intimates in writing to the governing body his resignation as a governor;

(b)

where his estate is sequestrated or a bankruptcy order is made against him or he has granted a trust deed for, or entered into an arrangement with, his creditors;

(c)

where he becomes unable to carry out his duties as a governor by reason of physical or mental illness;

(d)

where he has failed to attend any meetings of the governing body or any of its committees or sub-committees for a period longer than 6 consecutive months otherwise than for a reason approved by the governing body;

(e)

in the case of a staff governor whose appointment falls to be made under article 4(1)(c) either from among the members of the academic council or from the full-time academic or non-academic staff of the institution, when he ceases to be a member of the academic council or the full-time academic or non-academic staff, as the case may be; or

(f)

where in accordance with article 10 he becomes ineligible to remain in office as a governor.