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Section X12
 

  1. The chairperson of the central electoral committee shall appoint a replacement member to fill a vacancy resulting from temporary termination of membership as referred to in this division. Chapters V and W shall apply, except that notwithstanding section V 2, subsection 1, the appointment shall be accepted no more than ten days after the date of the notification of appointment.


 



  1. The replacement member shall cease to be a member sixteen weeks to the day after the temporary termination of membership commenced, without prejudice to the possibility of the replacement membership ending on an earlier date in accordance with this Act.


 



  1. If the replacement for a member of a representative assembly who has been granted temporary termination of membership in connection with pregnancy, childbirth or illness resigns before the temporary termination ends or is appointed as a member of a representative assembly to fill a vacancy not resulting from temporary termination of membership, the chairperson of the central electoral committee shall appoint a new temporary replacement for the remainder of the temporary termination of membership.


 



  1. Section X 6 shall not apply to a replacement member.