Representative watandars to serve for life or for fixed periods of five or ten years

Subject to the provisions of sections 45 and 46, representative watandars shall be entitled to office for the following periods, respectively (namely):—

1. (a) in cases falling under section 28 or section 29, clause (2), or section 30 or section 31, in which the representative watandars are entitled to office contemporaneously, and in cases falling under section 27 or section 29, clause (1), } for life;
2. (b) in cases falling under section 28 or section 29, clause (2), or section 30 or section 31, in which the representative watandars are entitled to office in successive periods. } for such period as the Collector shall in each case determine, the same being not less than five nor more than ten years.