Cap. 363 Art. 18Councillors to attend all meetings.

Councillors shall attend all meetings as provided under this

Act and the Minister shall, after he has been informed by the

Executive Secretary, by notice under his hand addressed to the

Executive Secretary, declare a seat to be vacant on failure of the councillor to attend four meetings or in the aggregate more than one-third of the meetings called within a period of six months and in the opinion of the Minister such absence was not justified: Provided that when a Councillor has so absented himself, and before informing the Minister as aforesaid, the Executive Secretary shall inform the Mayor of such an event and the Mayor shall thereupon insert an item on the agenda for the first Council meeting to discuss whether the absence of such Councillor was due to a justifiable cause.

Provided further that if the Council has resolved that the absence is due to a justifiable cause, the Executive Secretary in informing the Minister of the councillor’s failure shall also transmit the recommendation of the Council for the Minister not to declare the seat vacant: