Casual vacancies

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(1) Any casual vacancy, previous to the expiry of the term, in the office of the President due to death, resignation, removal, disability or disqualification or any other reason shall be filled by nomination or election according as the President was nominated or elected.
(2) Any such vacancy in the office of a member of the Board nominated by the State Government shall be filled by nomination.
(3) Any such vacancy in the office of a member of the Board elected by the registered practitioners shall be filled by the State Government by nomination of a person from a panel of three registered practitioners recommended by a resolution of the Board passed by a majority of all the then members of the Board: Provided that if the Board fails to pass such a resolution within such time as the State Government may fix the State Government may appoint any registered practitioner to fill the vacancy and the practitioner so appointed shall for purposes of this sub-section be deemed to have been duly nominated.
(4) Any person nominated or elected to fill a casual vacancy under this section shall, notwithstanding anything contained in section 5, hold office only so long as the person in whose place he is nominated or elected would have held office, if the vacancy had not occurred.

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