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(1) A Mayor or a Chairman, as the case may be, (a) shall cease to hold office as such forthwith if he ceases to be a member of the Corporation; (b) may, at any time, by giving notice in writing Lo the Corporalion, resign his office and such resignation shall take effect from such date as may be specified in the notice or, if no such date is specified, from the date of its receipt by the Corporalion; (c) may be removed from office by a resolution carried by a majority of the lolal number of elected members of ihe Corporalion al a special meeting of the Corporation called for this purpose upon a requisition made in writing by not less than one-third of the elected members of the Corporation: Provided thai no such resolution shall be moved before the expiry of six months from the date of assumpting of office by a Mayor or a Chairman, as the case may be: 'The words wiihin lhc square brackcLS were substituted Tor lhc words "one hundred" tiy 5, 3(b) or ih« Calculla Municipal Corporalion (Amcndmcnl) Acl, 1983 (West Ben. Act XXXII of 1983). 'Suh-scclion (3) was omillcd by s. 4(2)(b) of lhc Wcsl Bengal Municipal Corporalion f . >tl : . t i. ■, ■. ,i vvvi'i,.f mim LIX of 1980.1 The Kolkata Municipal Corporation Acl. I9S0. 587 Constitution of the Mayor-in- Cauncil. Term of DITICC of Deputy Mayor and other members of Mayor-in- Council. (Parr 11.—Constitution and Government.—Chapter II.—The Municipal Authorities.—Sections 8, 9.) Provided further iliac if such resolution is not carried by a majority of lhc total number of elected member."; of (he Corporation, no further resolution for the removal of the Mayor or the Chairman, as the case may be,shali be moved before (he expiry of a period ofsix months from the date on which the former resolution was moved. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions orsub-sect ion (1), except when an order of supersession has been made under section 117, the Mayor or the Chairman, as the case may be. whose office becomes vacant by reason of ihe provisions ofsub-section (1), shall continue to hold office as such until his successor, electcd under the provisions of (his Chapter, enters upon his office.