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Article 194
 

Term of office of local councillors


1. Local councillors’ term of office shall be four years as from the date of election, according to Section 42, subsection 3, of this Institutional Act.


2. On expiry of their mandate local councillors shall remain in office strictly for dispatching day-today business until their successors enter their functions. Under no circumstances shall members of the extinguished council adopt decisions for which a qualified majority is legally required.


 1 AS AMENDED BY SECT. 62 OF INSTITUTIONAL ACT 8/1991, OF MARCH 13