Terms of office of Chairman

Terms of office of Chairman:

1. (1) The Chairman shall cease to hold office if he ceases to be a Councillor of the municipal area.
2. (2) The Chairman may, at any time, by giving a notice in writing to the Board of Councillors, resign his office, and the procedure for acceptance or otherwise of the resignation shall be such as may be prescribed.
3. (3) The Chairman may be removed from office by a resolution carried by a majority of the total number of elected Councillors holding office for the time being at a special meeting to be called for this purpose in the manner prescribed upon a requisition made in writing by not less than one-third of the total number of elected Councillors, and the procedure for the conduct of business in the special meeting shall be such as may be prescribed: Provided that no such resolution shall be moved before the expiry of six months from the date of assumption of office by a Chairman, and if such resolution is not carried by a majority of the total number of elected Councillors no further resolution for such purpose shall be moved before the expiry of a period of six months from the date on which the former resolution was moved.
4. (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, the Chairman, whose office becomes vacant under any of the provisions of this section, shall continue to hold office as Chairman until his successor elected under the provisions of this chapter enters upon his office.