Section 12

The place of any appointed member of an Authority who dies or resigns or whose appointment has been revoked or who by the terms of or under any written law is disqualified from or is declared to be incapable of becoming or continuing to be a member of an Authority or whose place under this Ordinance is deemed to be vacant shall be declared by the Chairman to be vacant and such vacancy shall forthwith be reported to the Minister.

Any vacancy declared by the Chairman under the provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall be filled within sixty days of such declaration, or such further period as the

Minister may in any particular case allow, by appointment and the member filling such vacancy shall hold office for the unexpired portion of the term of the office of the member whose place has become vacant:

Provided that where a casual vacancy occurs within three months before the ordinary date of the retirement of the member in respect of whom the vacancy occurs, an appointment under this section shall not be made to fill the vacancy, but the vacancy shall be filled at the next ordinary appointment.

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Chairman of Authorities.