Section Text
(1)The 1 [Officer Commanding the station] 2 [if amemberof the Board]shall be the President of the Board:
3 [Providedthat when a military officer holding the office of the President ceases to bethe Officer Commanding the station merely by reason of a 4 [temporaryabsence from the station for a period not exceeding thirty consecutive days],he shall not vacate the office of President.]
5 [(2)Where the Officer Commanding the station is not a member of (heBoard,the military officer nominated in his place under clause (a) ofsub-section (3),sub-section (4)or sub-section (5) of section 13 shall be President of the Board.
(3)In every Boardin which there is more than one elected member, there shall be aVice-President elected by the elected members only and from among theirnumber 6 [in accordance with such procedure as the CentralGovernment may by rule prescribe].]
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1.Substituted by Act 7 of 1925, section 14, for "Commanding Officer of thecantonment".
2.Inserted by Act 24 of 1936, section 7.
3.Inserted by Act 26 of 1927, section 3.
4.Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 13, for certain words w.e.f. 1-10-1983
5.Substituted by Act 24 of 1936, section 7, for the original sub-section.
6.Inserted by Act 15 of 1942, section 3.