law: Cantonments Act, I924 
  20.President and Vice-President:- 
  (1) The {Subs.by Act 7 of 1925 s.14, for
  
  Commanding Officer of the Cantonment"} [Officer Commanding the station]
  
  (Ins.by Act 24 of 1936, s.7.) [if a member of the Board] shall be the President
  
  of the Board:
  {Ins.by Act 26 of 1927, s.3.} [Provided that
  
  when a military officer holding the office of President ceases to be the
  
  Officer Commanding the station merely by reason of a temporary absence from the
  
  station on duty or on station leave, or during the transfer of his headquarters
  
  to a hill station, he shall not vacate the office of President.]
  {Subs.by Act 24 of 1936, s.7, for the original sub-section.} [(2) Where the
  
  Officer Commanding the station is not a member of the Board, the military
  
  officer nominated in his place under clause (a) of sub-section (3), sub-section
  
  (4) or sub-section (5) of section 13 shall be President of the Board.
  (3) In every Board in which there is more than
  
  one elected member, there shall be a Vice-President elected by the elected
  
  members only and from among their number {Ins.by Act 15 of 1942, s.3.} [in
  
  accordance with such procedure as the Central Government may by rule
  
  prescribe.] ]