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| (1) Any member of a Development Council who, without leave of the Council first obtained, fails to attend meetings of the Council for a period of three months shall ipso facto vacate his office ice. |
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| (2) Where a member who vacates office under subsection (1) is an ex officio member of the Council, the District Secretary shall inform the Commissioner of Elections of such vacation. The Commissioner shall thereupon direct the secretary of the recognized political party or the leader of the independent group, as the case may be, to which such member belonged at the time of such vacation, to nominate within one month from the date of such direction a person qualified to be a Member of Parliament in place of such member, and such secretary or leader shall comply with such direction : |
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| (3) Any person nominated under subsection (2) shall hold office as such ex officio member for the unexpired period of the term of office of the member whom he succeeds. |
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