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Section 5.2. Election and Terms of Office.
Elected members of all Section 5.1 committees shall take office at the close of the General Assembly at which they are elected and shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified except as otherwise provided herein. One-half as nearly as possible of the elected members of the General Assembly Planning Committee and the Commission on Social Witness shall be elected at the regular General Assembly held in each odd-numbered year. The elected members of the General Assembly Planning Committee and the Commission on Social Witness shall serve for terms of four years. One-third of the members of the Commission on Appraisal shall be elected at the regular General Assembly held in each odd-numbered year. One third of the members of the Nominating Committee shall be elected at the regular General Assembly held in each year. The elected members of the Commission on Appraisal shall serve for single terms of six years. Members of the Nominating Committee shall serve no more than two terms of three years. Any member of the Commission on Appraisal in office for a period of more than three years shall be deemed to have completed a six-year term for the purposes of re-election. Any member of the Nominating Committee in office for a period of more than 18 months shall be deemed to have completed a three-year term for the purposes of re-election. The elected members of the Presidential Search Committee shall be elected at the regular General Assembly held four years before the General Assembly at which there is to be a presidential election at the expiration of a President’s term. The elected members of the Presidential Search Committee shall serve for terms of six years.
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