Determination of term of office and election of councillors

Notwithstanding anything contained in the Corporation Act or the Municipalities Act or the Extension of Term of Office Act— (a) the term of office of the councillors of any municipal authority as a whole which has been extended by section 3 of the Extension of Term of Office Act shall expire on such date as the Government may, by notification, specify in this behalf: Provided that the date specified in such notification may, for sufficient cause, be cancelled or modified by the Government, by notification; (b) the next ordinary elections to fill ordinary vacancies in the office of councillors shall be held to such municipal authority and the newly elected councillors may come into office on such date as may be fixed by the Government, by notification, but such date shall be subsequent to the date of expiry of the term of office of the councillors specified under clause (a): Provided that the date so fixed may, from time to time, be advanced or postponed to another date, by the Government, by notification; (c) the term of office of the councillors elected under clause (b) shall expire at noon on the 1st day of November immediately succeeding the expiry of five years from the date on which such councillors come into office: Provided that the Government may, from time to time, by notification, for sufficient cause, direct that the term of office of such councillors as a whole be extended or reduced by such period as may be specified in the notification but such period or periods shall not, in the aggregate, exceed two years; (d) elections may be held to any municipal authority to be newly constituted or reconstituted under the Municipalities Act and the provisions of clauses (b) and (c) shall, so far as may be, apply to the first elections to be so held; (e) casual election may be held to fill any casual vacancy in the office of a councillor of a municipal authority occurring after the holding of elections referred to in clause (b) or clause (d), as the case may be.