Term of office of Mayor and Deputy Mayor

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Chapter II CONSTITUTION OF MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES

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(1) The Mayor or Deputy Mayor shall be entitled to hold office for a period of two years from the date of his election and the Mayor or Deputy Mayor shall hold office as Mayor or Deputy Mayor until the election of his successor provided that in the meantime he does not cease to be a councillor: Provided that when there is ordinary election, the Mayor or Deputy Mayor holding office on the date of the election shall be up to the date of the election of Mayor or Deputy Mayor, as the case may be, notwithstanding that such term is exceeded: Provided further that in the event of any vacancy in the office of Mayor or Deputy Mayor, the council shall at its next meeting elect a successor, who shall be entitled to hold office as such for the remainder of the period so long as the person in whose place he is elected would have been entitled to hold office if the vacancy had not occurred.

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