14. BOARD

1. The Affairs of the Federation shall be managed by the Board of Directors which shall consist of the Chairman or President or the Chief Executive of each member State Cooperative Bank. Provided that if the elected Board of a member bank does not exist, then  the Chairman or President  of the nominated Board or its Chief Executive and in the event of an elected or nominated Board of a member bank not being in existence, then any person designated as Administrator, Officer-in-Charge, Person-in-charge, Special Officer or by whatever name he is designated shall be representative of that member bank on the Board to manage the affairs of the Federation.
   
   

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3. The term of office of the Board of Directors shall be three years from the date of its constitution.
   
   

4. The Chief Executive of the Federation shall be an ex-officio member of the Board.
   
   

5. As soon as the names of the members of the Board have been duly notified at the General Body Meeting by the Returning Officer appointed under the Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act, the Returning Officer or the person presiding over the General Body Meeting shall, notwithstanding anything contained in the Bye-Laws of the Federation specifying the period of notice, convene a  meeting of the newly constituted Board, for the purpose of election of the Chairman and Vice-Chairmen.  The term of the Chairman and Vice-Chairmen shall be coterminous with the Board of Directors.   A majority of the members of the newly constituted Board as per Bye-Laws should be Present.  The members will choose a member who is not a candidate seeking election to any office to preside over the meeting.  The election of the office bearers will be by show of hands unless a poll is demanded in which case it shall be held by secret ballot.  
   

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** Provision under this Bye-Law has not been registered.