Cost and Works Accountants Act, 1959
12. President and Vice-President
(1) The Council at its first meeting shall
elect two of its members to be respectively the President and the
Vice-President thereof, and so often as the office of the President or the
Vice-President becomes vacant, the Council shall choose a person to be the
President or the Vice-President, as the case may be:
PROVIDED that on the first constitution of the
Council a member of the Council nominated in this behalf by the Central
Government shall discharge the functions of the President, until such time as a
President is elected under the provisions of this sub-section.
(2) The President shall be the Chief Executive
Authority of the Council.
(3) The President or the Vice-President shall
hold office for a period of one year from the date on which he is chosen but so
as not to extend beyond his term of office as a member of the Council, and
subject to his being a member of the Council at the relevant time, he shall be
eligible for re-election:
PROVIDED that the President of the Council at
the time of the expiration of its duration shall continue to hold office until
a new Council is constituted in accordance with the provisions of this Act.