President of the Provincial Deputation

1. Provincial Deputations hall meet in a constituent sitting chaired by a provisional Bureau consisting of the oldest and the youngest member present, with the Secretary of the Deputation acting as Clerk.

2. A candidate must obtain absolute majority of votes in the first round and single majority in the following rounds to be elected President.

3. The President may be deposed by a censure motion that shall be transacted as provided for in Section 197. Every member of the Provincial Deputation may stand as candidate.

4. The President of the Provincial Deputation shall further cease to hold office in the event of defeat of a motion of confidence raised by him in a plenary sitting, according to the procedure of Section 197 of this Act, where such motion has been made conditional on any of the following matters:

a) The annual Budget;
b) The Provincial Deputation’s organizational Regulations or
c) The provincial plan for contribution to works and services within municipal jurisdiction.

Defeat of the motion of confidence entails election of a new President by the procedure laid down in Section 197 bis of this Act for Mayors of municipalities with more than 250 inhabitants.

 4 ADDED BY SECT. 5 OF INSTITUTIONAL ACT 8/1999, OF APRIL 21