¹ (1)The Council of State shall, as soon as may be, choose two members of the Councilto be respectively President and Deputy President thereof and, so often as theoffice of President or Deputy President becomes vacant, the Council shall chooseanother member to be President or Deputy President as the case may be.

¹ (2)A member holding office as President or Deputy President of the Council of Stateshall vacate his office if he ceases to be a member of the Council, may at anytime resign his office by writing under his handaddressed to theGovernor-General, and may be removed from his officeby a resolution of theCouncil passed by a majority of all the then members of the Council; but noresolution for the purpose of this sub-sectionshall be moved unless at leastfourteen days' notice has been given of theintention to move the resolution.

¹ (3)While the office of President is vacant, the duties of the officeshall beperformed by the Deputy President or, if the Office of DeputyPresident is alsovacant, by such member of the Council as the GovernorGeneral may in hisdiscretion appoint for the purpose, and during anyabsence of the President fromany sitting of the Council the Deputy Presidentor, if he is also absent, suchperson as may be determined by the rules ofprocedure of the Council, or, if nosuch person is present, such other personas may be determined by the Council,shall act as President.

(4)There shall be paid to the President² [and the Deputy Presidentof theCouncil of State] such ³ [salaries] as may be ⁴ [respectively]fixed byAct of the Federal Legislature, and, until provision in that behalf isso madesuch salaries as the Governor-General may determine.

(5) The foregoing provisions of this sectionshall apply in relation to the Federal Assembly as they apply in relation to theCouncil of State with the substitution of the titles "Speaker" and"Deputy Speaker" for the titles "President" and "DeputyPresident" respectively, and with the substitution of references to theAssembly for references to the Council:

Providedthat, without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (2)of this section asapplied by this sub-section, whenever the Assembly is dissolved, the Speakershall not vacate his office until immediately beforethe first meeting of theAssembly after the dissolution.

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1.Sub-secs. (1), (2), (3) and (5) of s. 22 were omitted, Government ofIndia (Commencement and Transitory Provisions) Order, 1936, paras. 3 and 11.

2.Substituted by the words 'of the Dominion Legislature', Government ofIndia (Commencement and Transitory Provisions) Order, 1936, paras. 3 and 11.

3.Substituted by the word 'salary', by Government of India (Commencementand Transitory Provisions) Order, 1936, paras. 3 and 11.

4.The word within brackets was omitted, by Government of India(Commencement and Transitory Provisions) Order, 1936, paras. 3 and 11.