law: Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act, 1984 
  37. Restrictions on
  
  holding of office.- 
  No person shall be
  
  eligible to hold the office of a president or chairman or vice-president or
  
  vice-chairman on the board of a multi-State cooperative society, after he has
  
  held the office as aforesaid during two consecutive terms, whether full or
  
  part:
  Provided
  
  that  
  
  a person who has ceased to hold the office of a president or chairman
  
  continuously, for one full term of three years shall again be eligible for
  
  election to the offices aforesaid.
  Explanation -  Where any person
  
  holding the office of the president or vice-president or chairman or
  
  vice-chairman at the commencement of this Act is again elected to that office
  
  after such commencement, he shall for the purpose of this section, be deemed to
  
  have held office for one term before such election.