Clause 59

Every Council of the Society constituted after an annual election shall take office on the 1st day of January after that election and shall hold office until the 31st day of December in that year or, if such is the case, until a Council takes office under the provisions of subsection (2) of this section.

Every Council constituted after an election under the provisions of subsection (3) of section 56 of this Act or after appointments made under the provisions of subsection (2) of section 58 of this Act shall take office from the day on which the members of that Council were elected or appointed as the case may be and shall hold office until the 31st day of December next following.