Mayor and Deputy Mayor

Mayor and Deputy Mayor.—

1. (1) The Corporation shall, at its first meeting after the general election of councillors, elect two of its councillors to be respectively the Mayor and the Deputy Mayor.
2. (2) The Mayor or the Deputy Mayor shall hold office during the term of office of the councillors and shall be eligible for re-election.
3. (3) In the event of a casual vacancy in the office of the Mayor or the Deputy Mayor, the Corporation shall, as soon as may be, after the occurrence of the vacancy, elect one of its councillors to fill the vacancy for the residue of the term of his predecessor.