Under Section 13(2), a member of the Council is deemed

Solution

Section 13(2) provides that a Council member is deemed to have vacated his seat if he is declared by the Council to have been absent, without sufficient excuse, from three consecutive meetings of the Council, or if he has been found guilty of misconduct and fined, or if his name is removed from the Register under Section 20. A resulting casual vacancy is filled by fresh election or government nomination under Section 13(3). The threshold of three consecutive meetings is the correct answer.