Constitution of Board of Councillors

Constitution of Board of Councillors:

1. (1) The councillors elected in a general election or a casual election of a municipality and the councillors appointed by the State Government under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 12 shall constitute the Board of Councillors.
2. (2) The Board of Councillors, unless dissolved earlier, shall hold office for a period of five years from the date appointed for its first meeting after the general election and no longer: Provided that the Board of Councillors, unless dissolved earlier, shall continue in office till the next Board of Councillors assume office.
3. (3) In a municipal area newly constituted, the local authority having jurisdiction over such area immediately before such area was constituted a municipal area, shall continue to have jurisdiction and to perform its functions till such time, not exceeding six months from the date of the notification under section 6 as may be necessary for holding elections.
4. (4) If, for any reason, it is not possible to hold the general election of a Municipality before the expiry of the period of five years specified in sub-section (2), the Board of Councillors shall stand dissolved on the expiration of the said period and thereupon all the powers and functions of the municipality shall be exercised by persons to be designated as Board of Administrators as the State Government appointed for the purpose.