49. Any vacancy occurring on the board of directors during the course of a board member’s term is filled in the manner prescribed in section 44 for the remainder of the term. The Minister or the association concerned must fill a vacancy on the board of directors within 30 days after receiving notice of the vacancy from the board of directors.
Unexplained absence from the number of board meetings stipulated in the internal management by-laws, in the cases and circumstances provided in those by-laws, constitutes a vacancy.