149. Section 26 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of subsections (2) and (3) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following subsections:-
| " (2) The Secretary of a Town Council shall be the chief administrative officer of the Council and shall exercise, perform and discharge such powers, duties and functions as are conferred or imposed upon him by this Ordinance or by rules made under section 192 or by any other written law for the time being in force. |
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| (3) In the event of the vacation of the offices of both the Chairman and Vice-Chairman by the death, resignation, removal or any other cause, then, during the period intervening between the vacation of the office of the Vice-Chairman and the election of a new Chairman, the Secretary of the Council shall, in addition to the powers referred to in subsection (2), have authority, subject to the approval of the Commissioner and subject to such limitations and conditions as may be prescribed by rules under section 192, to incur expenditure on behalf of the Council, to make payments out of the local fund, and to exercise and perform such of the powers, duties and functions of the Chairman as may be specified by the Commissioner or prescribed by rules as aforesaid.". |
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