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(1) The President of the municipality shall be elected on the basis of adult suffrage by the electors in the municipal area, (2) An outgoing President shall be eligible for re-election. (3) The provision of this Act and the rules framed thereunder in relation to election (including disputes relating to election and electoral offences) of a member shall, mutatis mutandis, apply in relation to election of the President, (4) If in a general election a person is elected both as member and President of the municipality or being a member of the municipality is elected President thereof in any bye-election, he shall, except as provided in Section 49, cease to be a member from the date of his election as President.]4 [Bar on simul- taneously holding the post of President or Vice- President in different local authorities 43-A No person shall be at the same time the President or Vice-President both of a [Municipality] and any other local authority : Provided that if a person is elected to any such or similar office of more than one local authority, he shall, at his option, continue to hold the office in one local authority and resign from other within a prescribed period. Qualification for President-ship 43-AA [(1) A person shall not be qualified to be chosen as President of a Municipality unless he,- (a) is an elector for any ward [in the municipal area]5; (b) has attained the age of thirty years on the date of his nomination as a candidate for election to the office of President.]2