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ARTICLE 258
 

Cancelation of credentials due to absence


If a petition for cancelation of credentials is based on the unjustified absence of any popularly elected municipal official, in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Law, the municipal council shall send a certification of the exact dates on which the official was absent together with the petition for the cancelation of credentials. The Tribunal shall hold a hearing for a period of eight days to enable the official to justify the absence or state anything they deem appropriate to their interests. Administrative procedures shall only be commenced when such officials express their opposition on this occasion.