Section 6. Term of office of a member

(1) The term of office of a member other than an ex-office member shall be three years from the date of appointment or for any shorter period as may be specified in the appointment by the State Government:

Provided that until the Council is re-constituted from time to time a member shall continue to hold office after expiry of his term:

Provided, further, that membership of an ex-office member shall cease if he ceases to hold the office by virtue of which he became such a member.

(2) A member who absents himself from any three consecutive meetings of the Council shall be deemed to have relinquished his membership with effect from the date following the date such a third meeting ends.