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| (1) There shall be a Mayor and a Deputy Mayor for each Municipal Council who shall be Councillors and be elected in accordance with the provisions of the Local Authorities Elections Ordinance. | | |
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| (2)
| | | (a) The Mayor or Deputy Mayor of a Municipal Council shall hold office for the term of office of the Council unless he resigns or vacates such office. |
| (b) Whenever a Mayor or Deputy Mayor vacates his office he shall at the same time cease to be Councillor. |
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| (3) The Mayor of a Municipal Council shall subject to the provisions of section 28 of the Local Authorities (Special Provisions) Act, No. 48 of 1971, be the chief executive officer of the Council and all executive acts and responsibilities which are by this Ordinance or by any other written law directed or empowered to be done or discharged by the Council may, unless the contrary intention appears from the context, be done or discharged by the Mayor. | | |
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| (4) The Mayor may by order in writing delegate to the Deputy Mayor or Commissioner or any officer of the Council any of the powers, duties or functions conferred or imposed upon or vested in the Mayor by this Ordinance or any other written law. | | |
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| (5) The exercise, discharge or performance by the Deputy Mayor of Commissioner or any other officer of the Council of any power, function or duty delegated to him by order of the Mayor shall be subject to the direction and control of the Mayor and shall be subject to such conditions and restrictions and limited to such purpose or purposes as may be specified in the order and any such delegation may at any time be varied or cancelled by order of the Mayor. | | |
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| (6) During the period commencing on the date of occurrence of a vacancy in the office of Mayor and ending on the date of election of a new Mayor or during the period of absence of the Mayor on account of illness or other unavoidable cause the Deputy Mayor may exercise, discharge and perform the same powers, functions and duties as the Mayor. | | |
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| (7) Whenever the office of Mayor of a Municipal Council falls vacant information of the occurrence of the vacancy shall forthwith be given to the elections officer of the district, in writing, by the Commissioner of the Council. Upon the receipt of such information the elections officer shall proceed to fill the vacancy in the manner prescribed in the Local Authorities Elections Ordinance.". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts