Section 11

It shall be competent for any appointed member of an Authority to resign his seat on such Authority by giving notice in writing of his intention to resign to the Chairman.

Any appointed member of an Authority who without leave of absence or the written permission of the Chairman first had and obtained absents himself from three consecutive ordinary meetings of the Authority shall ipso facto become disqualified from continuing to be a member:

Provided that attendance as a member at a meeting of any committee of the Authority shall be deemed for the purposes of this section to be attendance at a meeting of the

Authority.

An Authority may grant leave of absence from meetings of the Authority for a period not exceeding nine months to an appointed member of the Authority who desires to proceed out of the State of Sabah. During the period of his absence the Authority may, with the consent of the Minister, co-opt a person to discharge the duties of such member:

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Provided that if any member is absent from the State of Sabah for a period exceeding nine months his place in the Authority shall be deemed to be vacant.

A person co-opted to discharge the duties of a member shall during the period for which he is co-opted have the same rights and powers in all respects as the members whose duties he is discharging has when present.

Revocation of appointment.