Manner of election.

(1) The Deputy Commissioner or any other officer authorised by him in this behalf (here-in-after referred to as the Convener) shall, within a period of fourteen days of the publication of the notification of the election of members of a newly constituted Municipality, fix, by giving not less than forty-eight hours notice to be served at the ordinary place of residence of all the elected members, a date for convening the first meeting of the elected members of such Municipality by stating in the notice that at such meeting, the oath of allegiance will be administered to the members present and also stating that the President and Vice-President or Vice-Presidents as the case may, be shall be elected : Provided that all subsequent meetings to fill casual vacancies of the offices of President and Vice-President of Vice-Presidents as the case may be, shall be convened by the Convener. (2) If due to any reason, the elected member is unable or refused to take oath of allegiance as required by sub-rule (1) within the stipulated period, then he will be allowed to take such oath of allegiance in the subsequent meeting unless he is debarred from taking the same by the Government for any reason. In case any such member does not take the oath of allegiance as aforesaid, then a fresh election to the constituency to which that member represents, shall be held,