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The Manipur Municipalities (Tenth Amendment) Act, 2016

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(1) The State Government may remove by a notification in the Official Gazette, from office, the Mayor or the Deputy Mayor, in pursuance of a resolution passed by a majority of the total number of the Councillors and supported by not less than two-third of the Councillors present and voting at a meeting specially convened for the purpose under sub-section (2). (2) For the purposes of sub-section (1) a meeting of the Municipal Corporation shall be held in the following manner, namely:- (i) the meeting shall be convened by the Municipal Commissioner on a requisition signed by not less than one-third of the total number of Councillors constituting the Municipal Corporation for the time being; (ii) the notice of such a meeting specifying the time and place thereof shall be despatched by the Municipal Commissioner to every Councillor ten days before the meeting; (iii) the Mayor or the Deputy Mayor, as the case may be, against whom the resolution referred to in sub-section (1) is to be moved, shall not preside over the meeting; (iv) a copy of the notice shall be sent to the State Government: (v) no such meeting convened under sub-section (2) shall be adjourned for any reason except on the ground of natural calamities affecting the meeting. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, where the Mayor or the Deputy Mayor or a Councillor is one of the signatories to the requisition for such meeting, the Mayor or the Deputy Mayor or the Councillor as the case may be, shall not preside over such meeting and in such eventuality, the Deputy Commissioner of the concerned district shall preside over such meeting. (4) If the office of the Mayor becomes vacant all powers and duties of the Chairperson, may, until the election of a new Mayor, be exercised and performed by the Deputy Mayor. (5) The removal of the Mayor or the Deputy Mayor under sub-section (1) shall be effective from the date of its resolution in this regard.

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