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 (3) All elections by the Electoral College shall be conducted by secret ballot lure toral e. 90. (1) Wuihin such time as may be prescribed (a) before the term of office of any members of the Con- stitutional Council expires by effluxion of time under the provisions of subsection (2) of section 84: or (b) after a casual vacancy in the membership of the Council OCCUIS, the Officer Administering the Government shall by notice in the Gucette summon the Electoral College to assemble at such time and place as the Officer Administering the Government may appoint for the purpose of conducting such elections for membership of the Constitutional Council as may be specified in the notice. Provided that where a casual vacancy occurs within six months before a triennial election, it shall not be necessary to hold an election to fill that vacancy until the triennial election unless. at the request of the Chairman of the Council, the Officer Adminis- tering the Government otherwise decides. (2) The Chairman of the Constitutional Council or, in his absence, the Deputy Chairman, shall preside over the proceedings of the Electoral College but shall not be entitled to vote (3) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the Officer Administering the Government may make rules to regulate the proceedings of the Electoral College; without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, such rules may, in particular, prescribe a quorum of the College and the method of conducting elections (4) It shall be the duty of the Constitutional Council to submit to the Electoral College, within such time prior to the meeting of the Electoral College as may be prescribed, at least two names of dyly qualified persons as candidates for each vacancy in the membership of the Council to be filled by the College at that meeting (5) In addition to the nominations made by the Constitu- tional Council, the Chief Justice, if he thinks fit after consultation with the judges of the High Court, may, in the prescribed manner, submit to the Electoral College the names of any other duly qualified persons as additional candidates for election for each or any vacancy to be filled (6) The Electoral College shall proceed, in the prescribed manner and subject to the requirements of section 82, to elect such number of persons as members of the Constitutional Council as i 671 60