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A special resolution for the purposes of this section means a resolution passed by a majority of three-fourths of the Executive Council present and voting at any meeting of which special notice has been given, and confirmed by a resolution passed by a majority of the members present and voting at a further special meeting summoned within one month after the date of the foregoing meeting. 25. The Governor shall not, by reason of his having served on the Governing Body, be disqualified from being nominated, appointed, elected, or from otherwise serving, either immediately or otherwise, for a further term or terms. First Meeting of the Governing Body. 26. The names of the Governors appointed to represent any Colony, Province of a Colony, or Group of Colonies, on the first Governing Body under this Constitution shall be notified to the Organizing Committee by the authorities appointing the same on or before the The names of the Governors appointed to represent India on the first Governing Body under this Constitution shall be notified to the Organizing Committee by the Governor-General of India on or before the Should the name of any such Governor not be notified to the Executive Council on or before the said date, the Executive Council may fill up the vacancy in question. 27. For the purpose of electing the Governors to represent the commerce and industries of England and Wales, and of Scotland and Ireland, on the first Governing Body under this Constitution, the following proceedings shall be taken : — The President of the Organizing Committee shall, at a reasonable time before the , cause a summons to be issued in such form and authenticated in such manner as he may think fit, requesting the persons constituted the electors in each case to meet together at such time and place, or at such times and places, as he may appoint, for the purpose of electing the representative or representatives. The electors in each case, on meeting together, shall choose a Chairman ; and all proceedings relating to the elections shall be conducted in such manner as the Chairman may direct. Any elector who is unable to attend may, by writing under his hand, and in such form as may be directed by the President of the Organizing Committee, appoint a person, not being one of the electors, to act as proxy ; and any person, so appointed proxy, may do any act or thing in respect to the election which the person who appointed him proxy might have done. If, within half an hour after the time appointed for any election, all the electors are not present in person or by proxy, the electors present in person or by proxy may proceed to the election, so that they be not fewer than three in number. If, after the lapse of three hours after the time appointed for any election, three electors are not present in person or by proxy, the right of election shall be deemed, to have lapsed. The seat or seats, the right of election to which has so lapsed, may be filled up by the Executive Council. If in any case, at an election, the votes are equal, the Chairman may give a second or casting vote. 28. The names of the Eepresentatives of Associations to serve on the first Governing Body under this Constitution shall be notified to the Organizing Committee on or before the , in such manner as the Organizing Committee may determine. If, at the meeting of the first Governing Body under this Constitution, there is no Bepresentative of an Association which is by this Constitution entitled to be represented on the Governing Body, such Association shall cease to have any right to be represented on the Governing Body, unless it proves to the satisfaction of the Executive Council that such failure in the representation was excusable. 29. The first meeting of the Governing Body shall be held at such time in the month of 1891, and at such place within the County of London, and shall be summoned in such manner, as the President may direct, and shall be deemed the first meeting of the Governing Body under the new Constitution. On the meeting assembling, the President shall, if present, take the chair ; but if he is not present, the Chairman of the late Organizing Committee or, in his absence, the ViceChairman of the late Organizing Committee, shall take the chair. If none of these persons be present, the meeting shall elect a Chairman. A report shall be made to the Governing Body by the late Organizing Committee, in such form and in such manner as they may think expedient, of the proceedings which have taken place in relation to the establishment of the Institute, and the condition and prospects thereof. After hearing the report, the Governing Body shall proceed to the election of a person, to be called the Chairman of the Governing Body, and to the election of such Members of the Executive Council as they are by this Constitution authorised to elect, and also to the election of Members of the Finance Committee and Committee of Selection, hereinafter mentioned, and to such other business (if any) as with the sanction of the President may be brought before the meeting. 30. The office of any Governor nominated, appointed, or elected to serve on the first Governing Body shall be deemed to commence on the day of the first meeting of such Governing Body, whether his nomination, appointment, or election be before or after such meeting. The Chairman of the Governing Body. 31. In the absence of the President, the Chairman of the Governing Body shall preside at all meetings of the Institute, of the Governing Body, of the Executive Council, and of all Committees and Sub-Committees at which he may present. 32. The Chairman of the Governing Body shall be ex-officio a member of the Executive Council and of all Standing Committees, Special Committees, and Sub-Committees, and shall in the case of the Executive Council, of the Finance Committee, and of the Committee of Selection, be in addition to the number of members hereinafter mentioned. 33. The Chairman of the Governing Body shall be elected annually at the annual general meeting of the Governing Body. The retiring Chairman shall be eligible for re-election.