(1)The [Officer Commanding the station] [Substituted by Act 7 of 1925 s.14, for "Commanding Officer of the Cantonment"] [if a member of the Board] [Inserted by Act 24 of 1936, s.7. ] shall be the President of the Board:[Provided that when a military officer holding the office of President ceases to be the Officer Commanding the station merely by reason of a temporary absence from the station on duty or on station leave, or during the transfer of his headquarters to a hill station, he shall not vacate the office of President.] [Inserted by Act 26 of 1927, s.3.]
