Section 12. Term of office of members

CHAPTER III OF DISTRICT AND LOCAL BOARDS A.—Constitution of District and Local Boards. 10 . Establishment of district and local boards .— (1) The Local Government shall, by notification establish a district board for each district. (2) The Local Government may, by notification, establish a local board or local boards within the limits of any district, and may cancel or vary any such notification. (3) A district board shall have authority throughout the district for which it is established, and a local board shall have authority throughout such portion of the district in which it is established, as the Local Government may, by notification, direct: Provided that a board shall not have authority over any portion of a district which is for the time being included in a military cantonment or a municipality. 11 . Number and appointment or election of members.— (1) A district board or local board shall consist of such number of members, not less than six, as the Local Government may fix in this behalf. (2) The members may be appointed by the Local Government either by name or by official designation, or may be elected in accordance with rules made by the Local Government under this Act, or some may be appointed and some elected, as the Local Government directs: Provided that— (a) when the Local Government has directed that all or any proportion of the members shall be elected, it shall not thereafter direct that they shall be appointed, unless a majority of the electors declare that they so desire,[1] *; (b)[2] * unless salaried officers of the Government are elected, not less than two-thirds of the members of every board shall be persons other than salaried officers of the Government; and (c) not less than one-half of the members of the board shall be landholders in the district. (3) When, under a direction issued under sub-section (2), any places on a board are required to be filled by election, and a sufficient number of members is not elected, the Local Government may fill those places by appointment. 12. Term of office of members.— (1) A member of a district board or local board, when appointed by virtue of an office, shall, unless and until the Local Government otherwise directs, continue to be a member of the board while he continues to hold that office. (2) The term of office of all other elected and appointed members respectively of a district board or local board shall be fixed by the Local Government by rules made under this Act, and may be so fixed as to provide for the retirement of members by rotation, but shall not exceed three years. (3) An outgoing member shall, if otherwise qualified, be again eligible for election or appointment.