1[(1) The President of the municipality shall be elected on the basis of adult suffrage by the electors in the municipal area.
(2) An outgoing President shall be eligible for re-election.
(3) The provisions of this Act and the rules framed thereunder in relation to election (including disputes relating to election and electoral offences) of a member shall, mutatis mutandis, apply in relation to election of the President.
(4) If in a general election a person is elected both as member and President of the municipality or being a member of the municipality is elected President thereof in any bye-election, he shall, except as provided in section 49 cease to be a member from the date of his election as President. ]
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- 1.Subs. by sec. 110 of U. P. Act no. 12 of 1994.