Section 10A: Life of entire Municipal City Council and Municipal
This section is inserted by Act No 5 of 2021, section 3.
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10A. Life of entire Municipal City Council and Municipal
Town Councils, and Village Councils
(1) The entire Municipal City Council and Municipal
Town Councils, and entire Village Councils, shall, unless sooner
dissolved, continue for 6 years from the date on which the previous
poll of the return of the entire Municipal City Council and Municipal
Town Councils, and entire Village Councils was taken and shall then
stand dissolved.
(2) Where, pursuant to subsection 12A(1), the life of 6 years
of the entire Municipal City Council and Municipal Town Councils,
or entire Village Councils, is extended, the entire Municipal City
Council and Municipal Town Councils, or the entire Village Councils
shall, unless sooner dissolved, continue for the period of extension
and shall then stand dissolved.
(3) Notwithstanding this section, the President, acting
in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister, may, at any
time, dissolve the entire Municipal City Council and Municipal
Town Councils, and the entire Village Councils, for the holding of a
general election of the entire Municipal City Council and Municipal
Town Councils, and the entire Village Councils.
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- How many years does a Municipal or Village Council normally serve before it is dissolved?
- Can the President dissolve a Municipal or Village Council before its term is up?