(1) Save as hereinafter provided - GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE Subordinate Legislation under The Coconut Development Board Act, 1979 (5 of 1979) (As amended up to 31.12.2010) THE COCONUT DEVELOPMENT BOARD RULES, 1981 1* Published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, 1981; Part II, Section 3(i), Sl.No.27 14
(i) a member shall hold office for a period not exceeding three years from the date of his appointment.
(ii) a member appointed under sub-section
(4) of section 4 shall cease to be a member of the Board if he ceases to be a member of the House of Parliament by which he was so elected, or cease to represent the category/ interest from which he was so appointed:
Provided that a member shall be eligible for re-appointment.
(2) A person appointed to fill a casual vacancy under sub-rule (2) of rule 3 shall hold office so long as the member whose place he fills would have been entitled to hold office, if the vacancy had not occurred.