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Casual vacancies.
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15.—(1) Any vacancy occurring in the membership of the Board by death, resignation, or removal from office shall be filled—
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(a) in case the person occasioning the vacancy was elected as a member of the Board, by co-option by the other persons elected as members of the Board, and
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(b) in any other case, by appointment by the Minister subject to the like restrictions (if any) as governed the appointment of the member occasioning the vacancy.
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(2) Any person co-opted under paragraph (a) of sub-section (1) of this section shall be subsequently regarded for the purposes of that paragraph as a person elected as a member of the Board.
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