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Professional and Technical Surveyors' Act, 1984  (Act No. 40 of 1984)

6. President and vice-president of council

 

 

(1) The members of the council shall at the first meeting of the council and thereafter as the occasion arises, out of their number elect a president and a vice-president of the council, who shall hold office for a period of two years.

 

(2)

(a) If the president or the vice-president vacates his office before the expiration of the period for which he was elected, another member of the council shall be elected as president or vice-president, is the case my be, for the unexpired portion of the period for which the president or vice-president was elected.
(b) Such an election shall take place at the first meeting of the council held after any vacancy in the office of the president or vice-president, as the case my be, has occurred.

 

(3) If for any reason the president is not able to act as president, the vice-president, if able to do so, or, if not so able, any member of the council designated by the Minister, shall act in his stead.

 

(4) If the president and the vice-president and the member so designated are all absent from any meeting of the council or not able to preside, the members present shall elect one out of their number to preside at that meeting, and the person so elected shall preside at that meeting.