Term of Office of Executive Council

(1) Where a person has become a member of the Executive Council by reason of the Office or appointment he holds, his membership shall terminate when he ceases to hold that Office or appointment. (2) A non-official member of the Executive Council shall cease to be a member if he resigns or becomes of unsound mind or becomes insolvent or is convicted of a criminal offence involving moral turpitude or if a member other than the Vice Chancellor, Dean or Professor accepts a full-time appointment in the University or if he fails to attend three consecutive meetings of the Executive Council without obtaining the leave of absence from the Chairperson of the Executive Council. (3) Unless their membership of the Executive Council is previously terminated as provided in the above sub-clauses non-official members of the Executive Council shall relinquish their membership on the expiry of three years from the date on which they become members of the Executive Council but shall be eligible for re-nomination or re-appointment, as the case may be. (4) A non-official member of the Executive Council other than an ex-officio member may resign his Office by a letter addressed to the Chairperson of the Executive Council and such resignation shall take effect as soon as it has been accepted by the Chairperson. (5) Any vacancy in the Executive Council shall be filled either by appointment or nomination, as the case may be, by the respective Authority entitled to make the same and on the expiry of the period of the vacancy such appointment or nomination shall cease to be effective.