Oath of allegiance to be taken by the Councillors

Every person who is nominated or elected as Councillor shall before taking his seat make and subcribe before such officer as the State Government may authorise in this behalf an oath or affirmation in the following form, namely, "I, A.B., having been nominated/elected a Councillor of the Gangtok Municipal Corporation, do swear in the name of God (or solemnly affirm) that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India as by law established and that I will faithfully discharge the duties upon which I am about to enter." In the principal Act, in section 46, in sub-section (1), -

for the words "thirty days", the words "sixty days" shall be substituted.