(1) In the event of a vacancy in the office of the President, or the Vice-President, by reason of death, resignation, removal or otherwise, the vacancy shall, subject to the provisions of sections 11 and 13, be filled as conveniently as may be by election of a new President or a new Vice-President, as the case may be, who shall hold office so long only as the President or the Vice-President in whose place he is elected would have held that office, if the vacancy had not occurred.
(2) When the office of the President becomes vacant, the Vice-President shall, pending the election of the President, exercise all the powers and perform all the duties and functions of the President.
(3) If both the offices of the President and the Vice-President are vacant, such officer of the Mandal as the Collector may appoint in this behalf shall, pending the election of the President or the Vice-President, exercise all the powers and perform all the duties and functions of the President, but he shall not have the right to vote at any meetings of the Mandal or of any Committee thereof.