law: 42. Presiding Officer.
  In the absence of
  (a) both the President and the Vice-President from any meeting of a Board in which there is more than one elected member,
  (b) the President from a meeting of a Board constituted under sub-section (6) of section 12 or sub-section
  (2) of section 13, the members present shall elect one from among their own members to preside.