ALL INDIA SCHEDULED CASTES FEDERATION 471
- Members will not be permitted to take part in any proceedings to which they may otherwise be entitled to if they fail to pay their fees.
PART VIII
Election
ARTICLE XIX
The election to the Village Federation Committee, Taluka Federation Committees and the District Federation Committees and for the office of the Chairman shall be by simple majority.
The election to the All-India Committee of the Federation and for the office of the President shall be by simple majority.
ARTICLE XX
The office of a member of any Committee or Board or Tribunal constituted under this Constitution, shall be vacated by resignation, removal or death.
All vacancies shall, unless otherwise provided for, be filled in the same manner in which the vacating member was chosen and members so elected shall hold office for the unexpired term of the seat vacated.
In the absence of any provision to the contrary, a Committee or Board or Tribunal, once it is properly constituted, shall not become invalid by reason of any vacancy in it.
ARTICLE XXI
The term of every Committee, every Executive Committee and its office bearers shall be two years.
PART IX
Election Disputes
ARTICLE XXII
- The State Federation Committee shall at its first general meeting, appoint by a majority of at least three-fourths of its members present and voting a State Election Tribunal consisting of not less than three and not more than five persons.