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thereon, and shall post the same so that it shall be received by
the returning officer in course of post before the day fixed for
holding such election.
n. If any person who shall duly have become a candidate
for such election, and three of the persons having signed the
paper nominating him shall be desirous that he retire before the
day of holding such election from such candidature, such candidate
and the persons aforesaid, not later than eight clear days before
the day of holding such election, may sign and deliver a notice
in the form of the Third Schedule hereto stating that such can-
didate so retires, and the returning officer on receipt of such
notice shall omit the name of such person so retiring from the
voting paper, and if the number of candidates shall by such re-
tirement be reduced to the number of members to be elected,
the returning officer shall declare the remaining members duly
elected.
Each candidate shall be entitled to appoint in writing one
scrutineer, to be present when the returning officer shall open the
envelopes containing the voting papers on the day of holding
the election.
12. If any vacancy shall occur from death, resignation, or a
member becoming incapable, or being ousted by the Supreme
Court, or absence from the meetings of the Board, as herewith
specified, it shall be called an extraordinary vacancy, and the re-
turning officer shall, upon being notified by the Board that an
extraordinary vacancy has occurred, proceed to the election of a
person being a person eligible under the Act to fill such extra-
ordinary vacancy, and the person so elected shall hold office
for the unexpired portion of the term of office of the person
whose vacancy, created as aforesaid, he has been elected to fill,
and no longer.
13. The President shall be elected at the first meeting of the
Board after the term of office of the retiring President shall have
expired by effluxion of time, or by death, resignation, incapacity,
absence from meetings of the Board, or by being ousted from
office by the Supreme Court. He shall be elected by a majority
of the members present, and if for want of a quorum or from any
other cause a President shall not be elected at such first meeting,
he shall be elected at the next meeting, a week's notice having
been given by the Registrar to each member of the Board.