Provided that such Minister or officer shall not have the right to vote in any such meeting.

Oath or affirmation by councillors Oath or affirmation by councillors. -

1. (1) Every person who is elected to be a councillor shall, before taking his seat, make and subscribe before the Commissioner or some other person appointed by him in that behalf, an oath or affirmation according to the following form, namely: - "I, A.B., having been elected a councillor of the Municipal Corporation of Visakhapatnam, do swear in the name of God/solemnly affirm that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India as by law established and that I will faithfully discharge the duty upon which I am about to enter."
2. (2) Any person who having been elected a councillor fails to make and subscribe the oath or affirmation as required by sub-section
3. (1) within three months of the date on which his term of office commences, shall cease to hold his office as such.