law: Company Secretaries Act, 1980
  10
  Mode of Election to the Council
  
  (1) Elections under clause (a) of sub-section
  
  (2) of section 9 shall be conducted in the prescribed manner.
  (2) Where any dispute arises regarding any
  
  such election, the matter shall be referred by the Council to a Tribunal
  
  appointed by the Central Government in this behalf and the decision of such
  
  Tribunal shall be final :
  Provided that no such reference shall be made
  
  except on an application made to the Council by an aggrieved party within
  
  thirty days from the date of the declaration of the result of the election.
  (3) The expenses of the Tribunal shall be
  
  borne by the Council.
  (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in this
  
  section and in Chapter IX, the Council of the dissolved company shall, on the
  
  commencement of this Act, become the Council of the Institute and shall
  
  function as such -
  ( i )
  
  for a period of two years from such commencement, or
  (ii) till the Council
  
  is constituted in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (2) of section
  
  9,Whichever is earlier.
  Explanation: For the purposes of
  
  this sub-section, the Council shall be deemed to have been constituted in
  
  accordance with the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 9 with effect from
  
  such date [not being later than thirty days from the date on which the results
  
  of the first elections, under clause (a) of the said sub-section (2) are
  
  announced] as the Central Government may notify in the Official Gazette.