Casual vacancies

Casual vacancies. A vacancy occurring in a standing committee shall, as soon as possible, be filled up by the appointment of a member thereto subject to the same provisions as those under which the member whose place is to be filled up was appointed. A person appointed under this section shall hold office so long only as the person in whose place he is appointed would have held it if the vacancy had not occurred. No person shall be ineligible at any time for appointment as a member of any such committee on the ground that he has previously been a member of that committee. (a) taxation, finance and appeals; (b) public health, education and social justice; (c) town planning and improvement; (d) accounts; (2) The standing committee shall consist of such number of councillors not being more than eleven or less than five as the municipal council may determine, and elected by the municipal council in accordance with the rules framed under clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 323. (3) The members of the standing committee shall hold office for a period of one year. (4) The President and the Vice-President shall not be eligible for election as members of the standing committee. (5) The standing committees shall exercise the functions allotted to them under this Act and subject to any limitations specified by the municipal council especially in this behalf or generally by rules made under clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 323, and to the provisions of Chapter XIV shall exercise all the powers of the municipal council. A vacancy occurring in a standing committee shall, as soon as possible, be filled up by the appointment of a member thereto subject to the same provisions as those under which the member whose place is to be filled up was appointed. A person appointed under this section shall hold office so long only as the person in whose place he is appointed would have held it if the vacancy had not occurred. No person shall be ineligible at any time for appointment as a member of any such committee on the ground that he has previously been a member of that committee.