Chartered Accountants Act, 1949
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
se at if he is declared by the Council to have been absent without sufficient
excuse 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.