21. (1) Every member of the Committee shall hold office for a term of five years, and shall, if otherwise qualified, be eligible for reappointment on the expiry of his term of office. (2) A member of the Committee, notwithstanding the expiry of his term of office, shall continue to hold office until the vacancy caused by the expiry of the said term has been filled. (3) If any mutawalli, who is, as such, a member of the Committee, ceases to be a mutawalli, the Government shall, by notification in the official Gazette, declare his place to be vacant.