(1)  Whenever the office of President becomes vacant by the death, resignation, or removal from office of the President, the Council, before proceeding to any other business, shall elect some other Member to be President thereof.

(2)  Whenever the President or the Chairman of Committees of the Council retires by effluxion of time, he shall continue to hold office until the next meeting of Parliament unless he is not re-elected as a Member.

(3)  The election of President shall be notified to the Governor by a deputation of the Council.

(4)  The President if present shall preside at all meetings of the Council, but, in the event of his absence through leave granted to him by the Council or through illness or any other unavoidable cause, the Council may choose some other Member thereof to fill temporarily the office and perform the duties of President during his absence.