Section 38: Vacation of office in other cases

38. Vacation of office in other cases The seat of a Councillor shall become vacant— (a) on his death; (b) where, without the prior leave of the relevant Council, he fails throughout a period of 6 consecutive months to attend a meeting of that Council; [Issue 7] L18 – 26 Revised Laws of Mauritius (c) where, without disclosing his interest in accordance with section 46, he or a firm of which he is a partner or manager or a company of which he is a director or manager becomes a party to a contract with the Council of which he is a Councillor, or where, without making the required disclosure, he becomes a partner of a firm, or a director or manager of a company which is a party to any such subsisting contract; or (d) where he becomes disqualified under section 16. (e) — [S. 38 amended by s. 10 of Act 3 of 2015 w.e.f. 9 April 2015.]