466 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
publication of the names of contesting candidates, each person qualified to take part in the selection shall be entitled to record, for the selection of a President, his vote in the following manner:
(a) On the voting paper, which shall exhibit, the names of the candidates, the voter shall record his vote.
(b) Every voter shall have one vote.
(c) A simple majority shall be enough for the selection of the President.
(d) The State Federation Committee shall immediately forward the ballot box to the office of the All-India Committee of the Federation.
(e) As soon as may be, after the receipt of the ballot boxes, the Returning Officer, shall count the votes recorded for each candidate and a candidate who has secured a majority of the votes shall be declared elected as President.
(f) In the event of any emergency arising by reason of any cause, such as death or resignation of the President, elected as above, the Central Executive Committee shall forthwith fix a date for a fresh election as prescribed above. In case such procedure is not found possible by the Central Executive Committee, it shall convene a meeting of the All-India Committee of the Federation to elect a President.
(g) The President shall preside over the Sessions of Federation held after his election and during his term of office and he shall exercise all the powers of the Central Executive Committee when it is not in Session.
PART V
Duties, Functions and Powers of Office-Holders
ARTICLE XIV
- The Central Executive Committee shall consist of the President of the Federation and twenty members, including a Treasurer and the General Secretary, who shall be appointed by the President. Ordinarily, members of the Central Executive