Election of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman

(1) After the declaration of the results, the Deputy Commissioner shall, as soon as possible but not later than one week of such declaration, call under his presidentship a meeting of elected members of the Zila Parishad for the purposes of oath or affirmation or allegiance under section 127. (2) Immediately after oath or affirmation of allegiance under section 127 is administered or made, the elected members of a Zila Parishad shall, in the prescribed manner, elect from amongst themselves one of its members to be the Chairman and another to be the Vice-Chairman of the Zila Parishad: Provided that if the office of the Chairman or Vice-Chairman, as the case may be, is vacated or falls vacant during the tenure on account of death, resignation or no-confidence motion, a fresh election within a period of two months from the date of occurrence of vacancy shall be held from the same category, in the prescribed manner.