law: Homoeopathy Central Council Act, 1973 
  7. Term of office of President, Vice-President
  
  and members of Central Council 
  (1) The President, Vice-President or a member
  
  of the Central Council shall hold office for a term of five years from the date
  
  of his election or nomination, as the case may be, or until his successor shall
  
  have been duly elected or nominated, whichever is longer.
  (2) A person who holds, or who has held,
  
  office as President or Vice-President of the Central Council, shall be eligible
  
  for re-election to that office once, but only once.
  (3) Members of the Central Council shall be
  
  eligible for re-election or re-nomination.
  (4) An elected or nominated member shall be
  
  deemed to have vacated his seat if he is absent without excuse, sufficient in
  
  the opinion of the Central Council, from three consecutive ordinary meetings of
  
  the Central Council or, in the case of a member elected under clause (a) of
  
  sub-section (1) of section 3, if he ceases to be enrolled on the concerned
  
  State Register of Homoeopathy, or in the case of a member elected under clause
  
  (b) of that sub-section, if he ceases to be a member of the Faculty or
  
  Department (by whatever name called) of Homoeopathy of the University
  
  concerned.
  (5) A casual vacancy in the Central Council 
  
  shall be filled by election or nomination, as the case may be, and the person 
  
  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 
  
  nominate
  (6) Where the said term of five years is about
  
  to expire in respect of any member, a successor may be elected or nominated at
  
  any time within three months before the said term expires but he shall not
  
  assume office until the said term has expired.