(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, an elected, appointed or co-opted member of the Executive Council or of a Committee constituted under this Act, who is also a member of the Board, shall continue to hold office until his resignation or death or until he is removed or becomes disqualified :
Provided that the term of office of such a member shall terminate with effect from the date on which he ceases to be a member of the Board.
(2) An elected, appointed or co-opted member of the Executive Council or of a Committee constituted under this Act, who is not a membei of the Board, shall, subject to any other provisions of this Act, hold office for such term as may be prescribed by regulations in this behalf, and may on expiration of such term be re-elected, re-appointed or coopted again :
Other Committees.
The West Bengal Secondary Education Act, 1950. 17 XXXVII of 1950.]
(Chapter 1V.—Functions of the Board and the Executive Council.-33, 34.)
Provided that, notwithstanding the expiration of the term so prescribed, an elected, appointed or co-opted member of the Executive Council or of such a Committee shall continue to hold office until the vacancy caused by the expiration of the said term has been filled in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
(3) When the seat of an elected, appointed or co-opted member of the Executive Council or of a Committee constituted under this Act becomes vacant by reason of his ceasing to be a member of the Board or by reason of his disqualification, resignation, removal or death, the vacancy thus caused shall be filled by a fresh election, appointment or co-option, as the case may be, and in the case of a member of such a Committee, whose term of office as a member of such Committee is limited by or under the provisions of this Act, a person elected, appointed or co-opted in such a vacancy shall hold office during only the remainder of the term of office of the member in whose place he is elected, appointed or co-opted.
(4) The provisions of sections 9 and 11 shall apply mutatis mutandis to members of the Executive Council or of a Committee constituted under this Act.
CHAPTER IV.
FUNCTIONS OF THE BOARD AND THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.