Section 32: Senior Councillor

32. Senior Councillor At any meeting requiring to be chaired by a Senior Councillor, the Chief Executive shall, before the start of the meeting, designate— [Issue 7] L18 – 22 Revised Laws of Mauritius (a) the Councillor who obtained the highest percentage of votes at the last election of Municipal City Councillors, Municipal Town Councillors or Village Councillors or, where 2 or more Councillors obtained the highest percentage of votes, one among them by the drawing of lots; (b) where the Senior Councillor is, for any reason, unable or unwilling to preside the meeting, the next eligible and willing Councillor with the highest percentage of votes; or (c) where there has been no poll at such election in respect of the local authority concerned, or in case there is among the Councillors present, no elected Councillor, the Councillor whose name is drawn by lot.