Section 14: Term of office of District Councillors

14. Term of office of District Councillors (1) Subject to this section and section 37, a District Councillor shall hold office for a term of 6 years beginning on the day following that on which he is elected. (2) The seat of a District Councillor shall become vacant where he elects to stop serving as Village Councillor or is disqualified from so serving. (3) (a) Notwithstanding section 23, and subject to paragraph (b), in any year in which Village Council elections are held, every Village Councillor who has been elected as District Councillor shall continue to hold office as District Councillor until the day preceding the day on which Village Council elections are to be held. (b) The Chairperson and Vice-chairperson of a District Council shall continue in office as such until the election of a new Chairperson and a new Vice-chairperson. (4) (a) Subject to paragraph (b), a Village Council may, after a representative has served for a period of 2 years at the District Council, replace him by another Councillor following a motion to that effect. (b) Paragraph (a) shall not apply where the representative is the Chairperson or Vice-chairperson of a District Council, or a member of its Executive Committee. Sub-Part B – Qualifications and Disqualifications as Councillor