(1) Setting a date for by-election shall not be allowed if the mandate of a representative, a mayor or the Capital Mayor terminates before 1 October 2024.

(2) Where the mandate of a representative elected from a multi-member list, compensatory list, county list or capital compensatory list terminates before 1 October 2024, the provisions of section 21 (1) to (3) shall apply to the allocation of the mandate.

(3) For the purposes of sections 20 (5) and 21 (4), a representative, a mayor and the Capital Mayor elected in the 2024 general election of local government representatives and mayors shall be regarded as if his mandate was established upon the result of the 2024 general election of local government representatives and mayors becoming final and binding.

(4) Where the office of a mayor in a local government is vacant on the day of the 2024 general election of local government representatives and mayors, the mandate of the mayor elected in the 2024 general election of local government representatives and mayors shall commence on the date when the result of the mayoral election held as part of the 2024 general election of local government representatives and mayors becomes final and binding.