Term of office of Councillors.

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(1) Every Council, unless sooner dissolved under section 298 shall continue for five years from the date appointed for its first meeting and no longer: Provided that a Council shall be given a reasonable opportunity of being heard before its dissolution. (2) An election to constitute a Council shall be completed: (a) before the expiry of its duration specified in sub-section (1); (b) before the expiration of a period of six months from the date of its dissolution: Provided that where the remainder of the period for which the dissolved council would have continued is less than six months, it shall not be necessary to hold any election under this sub-section for constituting the Council for such period. (3) A Council constituted upon the dissolution of a Council before the expiration of its duration shall continue only for the remainder of the period for which the dissolved Council would have continued under sub-section (1) had it not been dissolved.

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