(1) The President of the State Veterinary Council elected by the members there of from amongst themselves. The elector shall be held at the fist meeting of the said Council after its constitution or re-constitution, as the case may be.
(2) The Registrar shall invite the members present at that meeting to make their nominations for the office of the said President. Each nomination shall be supported by another member present at that meeting as the seconder:
Provided that no member shall nominate or second more than one member for the candidature of the President.
(3) If there be only one person so nominated he shall be declared duly elected as the President of the State Veterinary Council unopposed.
(4) If, however, there be more than one member duly nominated and seconded for the candidature of President, the Registrar shall proceed to take ballots in the following manner namely-
(a) A slip of paper shall be given to every member present who shall write on it the name of one of the contestants in whose favour the member wishes to cast his vote. He shall then fold the slip and hand it over to the Registrar.
(b) On receipt of all the slips the Registrar shall count the number of votes secured by each contestant and shall declare that member who secures the largest number of votes to be duly elected council.
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(c) If there is an equality in the votes secured by two or more contestants thus making it difficult to decide as to who gets the maximum votes, the Registrar may then decided the issue by taking lost in such manner as he deems fit, and the person so identified by the draw of lost shall be declared as duly elected as the President of the State Veterinary Council.
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