Term of office of Councillors

(1) The Councillors elected at a general election, shall hold office for a term of five years. (2) The term of office of such Councillors, shall be deemed to commence on the date of the meeting after the general election. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (1) and (2), the term of office of the outgoing Councillors shall be deemed to extend to and expire with the day immediately preceding the date of such meeting. (4) A Councillor elected at a bye-election shall hold office so long only as the Councillor in whose place he is elected would have held it if the vacancy had not occurred. (5) [Deleted] (6) [Omitted] (7) The term of office of a Councillor elected at a general election whose result is published in the Official Gazette under sub-section (1) of section 20, after the first publication of the results thereunder, shall commence with effect from the date on which his name is published in the Official Gazette, but shall be co-terminous with the term of the elected Councillors whose results are first published as aforesaid.