Resignation of office by Councillors.

(1) On and from the appointed day in the case of the City of Ahmedabad the Ahmedabad Borough Municipality constituted under the Bombay Municipality Boroughs Act, 1925, shall be deemed to be the Corporation, the Standing Committee and the Bus Committee shall be deemed to be the Standing Committee and the Transport Committee respectively and the President and Vice-President of the said Municipality shall be deemed to be the Mayor and Deputy Mayor respectively under this Act and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred and imposed by this Act on the Corporation, the Standing Committee, the Transport Committee, the Mayor and the Deputy Mayor, respectively. (2) The councillors of the Corporation so consituted shall continue in office until the expiry of two years from the date of the passing of this Act: 4[Provided that the State Government may by notification in the Official Gazette extend the term of office of the councillors for such period, not exceeding in the aggregate two and half years from the date of the passing of this Act, as may be specified in the notification.] 5[(3) If the office of any of the said councillors falls vacant after the coming into force of the Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporations (Amendment) Act, 1951, the vacancy shall not be filled up and no act or proceedings of the Corporation shall be questioned on account of any vacancy thereon.]