Cap. 363 Art. 14Term of office of councillors.

(1) Elected councillors shall hold office from the first day of the month immediately following their election, provided that councillors elected or co-opted to fill a casual vacancy shall hold office from the day they are so elected or co-opted, and they shall remain in such office until the expiration of the term of the Council or until such time as the councillor shall have resigned or shall have been removed from office before the lapse of the term or disqualified from remaining in office in accordance with this Act.

(2) Elected councillors shall, on the termination of their term of office, if otherwise qualified, be eligible for re-election.

(3) The term of office of any person -

(a) elected or co-opted to fill a casual vacancy in a Council; or

(b) elected or co-opted to a Council where that Council’s election had been, in whole or in part, postponed for any reason, shall be the remaining period of the term of office stipulated in article 8.