Election of Deputy Mayor

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(1) The Councillors of the Corporation shall elect one of its elected Councillors to be its Deputy Mayor within fifteen days from the date of election of the Mayor in the manner prescribed.
(2) The ex-officio Councillors shall be entitled to participate in the meeting convened for the election of the Deputy Mayor.
(3) If at an election held under sub-section
(1) no Deputy Mayor is elected, a fresh election shall be held for electing Deputy Mayor.
(4) The Deputy Mayor shall be deemed to have assumed office on his being declared as such and shall hold office for a period of five years from the date he assumes office.
(5) Any casual vacancy in the office of the Deputy Mayor shall be filled at a casual election and a person elected as Deputy Mayor in any such vacancy shall enter upon office forthwith and hold office only so long as the person in whose place he is elected would have been entitled to hold office, if the vacancy had not occurred.
(6) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, in the case of Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad, the provisions of this Act relating to the conduct of election and the term of office of the Deputy Mayor as in force immediately before the commencement of the Andhra Pradesh Municipal Laws (Amendment) Act, 1986 shall apply for the conduct of election and the term of office of the Deputy Mayor until the next ordinary elections to the Councillors of the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation are held.

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