Removal of councillor

Removal of councillor

1. (1) The Government may, by notification, remove any councillor who, in their opinion,—
   • (a) refuses to act or becomes incapable of acting or is declared an insolvent; or
   • (b) is convicted of any such offence or is subjected to any such order as is referred to in clauses (a),
   • (b) and
   • (c) of sub-section
2. (1) of section 12; or
   • (c) is absent, without the permission of the corporation, from the meetings of the corporation for a period of three consecutive months reckoned from the date of the commencement of his term of office, or of the last meeting which he attended, or of his restoration to office as councillor under sub-section (3), as the case may be; or
   • (d) acts in his capacity as a councillor in such a manner as to render his further continuance as such councillor detrimental to the interests of the corporation: Provided that no councillor shall be removed under this clause unless he has been given an opportunity to show cause against his removal.
3. (2) A person who has been removed from his office under sub-section
4. (1) shall not be eligible for re-election as a councillor for a period of three years from the date of his removal.