A member of the Council, elected or nominated under sub-section (2) of Section 9, shall be eligible for re-election or, as the case may be, re-nomination:

Provided that no member shall hold the office for more than three consecutive terms:

Provided further that a member of the Council, who is or has been elected as President under sub-section (1) of Section 12, shall not be eligible for election or nomination as a member of the Council.]

 

Amendment

1 Substituted, for the following, by the Chartered Accountants (Amendment) Act, 2006 and came into force w.e.f. 8th August, 2006 :-

A[“10. Mode of election to the Council

(1) Elections under clause (a) of sub-section (2) of Section 9 shall be conducted in the prescribed manner.

(2) Where any dispute arises regarding any such election, the matter shall be referred by the Council to a Tribunal appointed by the Central Government in this behalf and the decision of such Tribunal shall be final:

Provided that no such reference shall be made except on an application made to the Council by an aggrieved party within thirty days from the date of the declaration of the result of the election.

(3) The expenses of the Tribunal shall be borne by the Council.”]

AThis Section 10 was earlier substituted, for the following, by the Chartered Accountants (Amendment) Act, 1959 :-

“10. Mode of election to Council

(1) Elections under clause (a) of sub-section (2) of Section 9 shall be conducted in the prescribed manner:

Provided that the first election under the said clause shall be held in such manner as the Central Government may prescribe*.

(2) Where any dispute arises regarding any such election, the matter shall be referred to a Tribunal appointed by the Central Government in this behalf and the decision of such Tribunal shall be final.”

*For Government Notification regarding election to the First Council, please see Gazette of India Extraordinary dated 1st June, 1949.