law: The Architects Act, 1972.
  6.Terms of office and casual vacancies.-
  (1) Subject to the provision s of this
  
  section, an elected or nominated member shall hold officer for a term of three
  
  years from the date of his election or nomination or until his successor has
  
  been duly elected or nominated, whichever is later.
  (2) An elected or nominated member may, at any time, resign his membership by
  
  writing under his hand addressed to the President, or in his absence, to the
  
  Vice-President, and the seat of such member shall thereupon become vacant.
  
  
  (3) A member shall be deemed to have vacated his seat-
  (i) if he is absent
  
  without excuse, sufficient in the opinion of the Council, from three
  
  consecutive ordinary meetings of the Council; or
  (ii) if he ceases to
  
  be a member of the body referred to in clause (a), clause (g) or clause (h) of
  
  sub-section (3) of section 3 by which he was elected or nominated, as the case
  
  may be; or
  (iii) in the case
  
  where he has been elected under clause (c) of sub-section (3) of section 3, if
  
  the ceases to hold his appointment as the head of an institution referred to in
  
  the said clause.
  (4) casual vacancy in the Council shall be
  
  filled by fresh election or nomination, as the case may be, and the person so
  
  elected or nominated to fill the vacancy shall hold office only for the
  
  remainder of the term for which the member whose place he takes was elected or
  
  nominated.
  (5) Members of the Council shall be eligible
  
  fore re-election or re-nomination, but not exceeding three consecutive terms.