Cap. 363 Art. 25AA person eligible to contest in accordance with article 3B is eligible to occupy the post of Mayor and Deputy Mayor.

(1) Any person who contests a local election, is elected a councillor, and gets the highest number of votes from among the candidates of the party that has obtained the highest number of votes in the first count, even if this person is under eighteen (18) years of age, is eligible to be declared Mayor and is eligible to hold the office of

Mayor, and this shall apply to the office of Deputy mutatis mutandis

Mayor.

(2) Notwithstanding that stipulated in any law, when a person who is under eighteen (18) years of age is declared Mayor, that person shall have the capacity to do all acts of civil life limitedly to when that person is acting in the office of Mayor, and this shall apply mutatis mutandis in those circumstances when the person who is under eighteen (18) years of age and is occupying the office of Deputy Mayor is acting in the role of Mayor according to law.

(3) When a vacancy in the office of Mayor or Deputy Mayor arises, a councillor, even if he is under eighteen (18) years of age, shall be eligible to hold the office of Mayor or Deputy Mayor if that councillor qualifies to hold the office of Mayor or Deputy Mayor in accordance with this Act.