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3[Election] of Mayor, Deputy Mayor and their term of office.- 4[(1) The Corporation shall at its first meeting and thereafter at the expiration of every two and half years, elect one of its Councillors to be the Chairperson to be known as the Mayor and another Councillor to be the Deputy Mayor of the Corporation: Provided that the office of the Mayor shall be reserved for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Women; by rotation or by lots in the manner prescribed: Provided further that where the population of any class of persons referred to in the foregoing proviso is less than fifteen percent of the total population of the Municipal area, the office of the Mayor shall not be reserved for that class. (2) The term of office of the Mayor and the Deputy Mayor of the