(1) A President, Vice-President, Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, Secretary, Treasurer or any other officer by whatever designation called, who holds office by virtue of his election to that office, shall cease to be the President, Vice-President, Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, Secretary, Treasurer or such officer, as the case may be, if a motion of no-confidence is carried at a meeting of the Committee by the majority of not less than two-thirds of the total number of members present at the meeting and voting, and such office shall thereupon be deemed to be vacant.
(2) The requisition for such special meeting shall be signed by not less than one-third of the total number of members of the Committee who are entitled to vote, shall be delivered to the Registrar in respect of a Committee of a society which has the Registrar as its member and also in any other cases to the Registrar:
Provided that no such requisition for a special meeting shall be made within a period of six months from the date on which any of the officers referred to in sub-section (1) has entered upon his office.
(3) The Registrar upon whom the requisition has been made under sub-section (2) shall convene a special meeting of the Committee within a period of thirty days from the date of receipt of such requisition.
(4) The meeting shall be presided over by such officer as authorised by the Registrar and the officer shall, when presiding over such meeting, have the same powers as the President or Chairperson when presiding over such meeting, but shall not have the right to vote:
Motion of no-confidence.
Provided that the voting shall be by secret ballot of votes.
(5) The meeting called under this section shall not, for any reason, be adjourned.
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(6) If such motion of no-confidence is rejected, no fresh motion of no-confidence shall be brought within a period of six months from the date of such rejection of the motion.