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Article 51
 
Section 51
Substitutes
(1) (1) If a mandate in the Municipal (City) Council has been vacated, it shall be assumed by the substitute who as a candidate has obtained the largest number of votes, but has not been elected as a deputy; in the municipality pursuant to section 9 paragraph 5 an office of a deputy of the Municipal (City) Council shall be taken over by the substitute who as a candidate has obtained the largest number of votes and who is of the same nationality as the candidate whose mandate has been vacated. In case of equal votes, the procedure analogic to section 44 paragraphs 2 and 3 shall apply.
(2) (2) The Municipal (City) Council shall proclaim the assumption of the vacant office by a substitute within 15 days after the mandate has been vacated, and it shall issue him/her with a certificate proving his/her becoming a deputy.