Cost and Works Accountants Act, 1959
13. Resignation of membership and casual
vacancies
(1) Any member of the Council may at any time
resign his membership by writing under his hand addressed to the President, and
the seat of such member shall become vacant when such resignation is notified
in the Official Gazette.
(2) A member of the Council shall be deemed to
have vacated his seat if he is declared by the Council to have been absent
without sufficient cause from three consecutive meetings of the Council, or if
his name is, for any cause, removed from the Register under the provisions of
section 20.
(3) A casual vacancy in the Council shall be
filled by fresh election from the constituency concerned or by nomination by
the Central Government, as the case may be, and the person elected or nominated
to fill the vacancy shall hold office until the dissolution of the Council:
PROVIDED that no election shall be held to fill
a casual vacancy occurring within six months prior to the date of the
expiration of the duration of the Council, but such a vacancy may be filled by
nomination by the Central Government after consultation with the President of
the Council.
(4) No act done by the Council shall be called
in question on the ground merely of the existence of any vacancy in, or defect
in the constitution of, the Council.