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Term of office of Councillors. — 113[(1) The Councillors elected at a general election, shall hold office for a term of five years.] (2) The term of office of such Councillors, shall be deemed to commence on the date of the meeting after the general election 114[***]. 115[(2A) At the first meeting of the Council, every Councillor shall take oath of office in such form, and before such officer, as the Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify. No Councillor who has not taken such oath shall vote or take part in the proceedings of any meeting of the Council.] (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (1) and (2), the term of office of the outgoing Councillors shall be deemed to extend to and expire with the day immediately preceding the date of such meeting. (4) A Councillor elected at a bye-election shall hold office so long only as the Councillor in whose place he is elected would have held it if the vacancy had not occurred. (5) 116[***] 113 Substituted by the Amendment Act 13 of 1994. 114 The words “held to elect the President and the Vice-President under section 52” deleted by the Amendment Act 13 of 1994. 115 Inserted vide Amendment Act 3 of 2016 which effective from 30-10-2015. 116 Sub-section 5 deleted by the Amendment Act 7 of 1998. 36 (6) 117[***] (7) The term of office of a Councillor elected at a general election whose result is published in the Official Gazette under sub-section (1) of section 20, after the first publication of the results thereunder, shall commence with effect from the date on which his name is published in the Official Gazette, but shall be co-terminous with the term of the elected Councillors whose results are first published as aforesaid. 118[43. Resignation of Councillors.—A Councillor may resign his office in writing under his hand (addressed to the Chairperson) 119{with a copy to the Director} and his seat shall become vacant on the expiry of seven days from the date of receipt of such resignation, unless within the said period of seven days he withdraws his resignation by writing under his hand (addressed to the Chairperson) 120{with a copy to the Director}.] 121[Provided that no such resignation or withdrawal of resignation, as the case may be, shall be taken cognizance of by the Chairperson unless the same is presented either by the resigning member himself or his signature has been duly attested by a Notary Public or a Gazetted Officer of the Government and he is satisfied that the signature is genuine and the resignation or withdrawal of resignation, as the case may be, is voluntary.]