Section 13(1) in Khasi Hills Autonomous District (Appointment and Succession of Syiem, Deputy Syiem, Electors and Rangbah Shnong of Mylliem Syiemship) Act, 2007
(1)When a vacancy occurs in the office of the Basan, the Myntri, the Lyngdoh, the Syiem Raid, the Lyngdoh Raid or Longsan, the Syiem shall, on the advice of the Executive Durbar, inform the clan concerned to elect a new Basan, a Myntri, a Lyngdoh, a Syiem Raid, Longsan or a Lyngdoh of the Raid Ri-Lum or the Raid Ri-Them, as the case may be, as shown in Schedule-II and Schedule-III to this Act.
