Section 3A. Term of office: election and appointment of new members if a vacancy.

1[3-A. Term of office: election and appointment of new members if a vacancy.- (1) Members of the Board other than ex-officio members shall, save as herein otherwise provided, hold office for a period of election and three years. (2) If a member, other than an ex-officio member- (a) dies, or (b) is absent from the meetings of the Board for more than six consecutive months, or (c) leaves the 2[State of Maharashtra] with the intention of being absent therefrom for more than six consecutive months, or (d) desires to be discharged, or (e) refuses to act or becomes incapable of acting, a new member may be elected or nominated, as the case may be, in the same manner as was the member in whose place he is to be elected or nominated and he shall hold office for so long only as such member would have held it if the vacancy had not occurred.