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 The Council of the Royal Institute shall meet to select one of the fellows for appointment as President of the Royal Institute and two as Vice Presidents of the Royal Institute and nominate them to the Prime Minister, who shall then submit the nomination to His Gracious Majesty for appointment.

The criteria and procedure for selection of President and Vice Presidents of the Royal Institute shall be in accordance with the rules of the Council of the Royal Institute.

The President of the Royal Institute has the following powers and duties:

to represent the Royal Institute in carrying out the works under to section 7(2);

to supervise the performance of academic works by the Royal Institute so that they be in line with the policies, rules, regulations, and resolutions of the Council of the Royal Institute;

to establish committees according to section 34.

The Vice Presidents of the Royal Institute have the following powers and duties:

to perform duties on behalf of the President of the Royal Institute when authorised by the President of the Royal Institute;

to act as the President of the Royal Institute in the case that there is no one holding the office of President of the Royal Institute or there is one but the one is unable to perform duties.

The President and Vice Presidents of the Royal Institute hold their offices for a term of two years and may be reselected, but none of them shall hold office for more than two consecutive terms.

In the case that the President of the Royal Institute or a Vice President of the Royal Institute retires from office by rotation, the President or Vice President of the Royal Institute who has retired shall remain in office until the newly selected President or Vice President of the Royal Institute, as the case may be, assumes duties.

Apart from retirement by rotation according to section 26, the President and Vice Presidents of the Royal Institute retire from office upon—

resignation from the office of President or Vice President of the Royal Institute;

retirement from membership of the Royal Institute according to section 20.

In the case that the President or Vice President of the Royal Institute retires from office prior to [expiry of] his term, a replacing officer shall be selected, except when the remaining term of the President or Vice President of the Royal Institute is less than ninety days, [in which case] the selection of the replacing officer may be dispensed with. The selected person shall be in office for the remaining term of his predecessor.