9. A member who decides to temporarily cease to practise for a period longer than 3 months or who agrees to temporarily perform a duty which prevents him, during the same time period, from completing the files on which he has been working shall, 15 days before the date on which the cessation is to take effect, notify the registrar by registered mail of the date of cessation and of the name, address and telephone number of the member who has agreed to be the provisional custodian of the items referred to in section 1, and shall send a copy of the provisional custodianship agreement to the registrar, along with a list of the records transferred.
Where a member has not been able to arrange for provisional custodianship, he shall so inform the registrar by registered mail; the registrar shall then notify the member of the date on which the registrar or the provisional custodian appointed for that purpose by the board of directors will take possession of the items referred to in section 1.