(1) Every election or nomination of a member and election of President and Vice-President of a Municipal Committee or Municipal Council shall be notified in the Government Gazette and no member shall enter upon his duties until his election or nomination has been so notified and until, he has made or subscribed at a meeting of the Municipal Committee or Municipal Council, an oath or affirmation of his allegiance to the Constitution of India in the following form, namely:––
“I, AB, having been elected (or nominated) Member/President/VicePresident of a Municipal Committee or Municipal Council of _________do swear in the name of God/solemnly affirm that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India as by law established and I will faithfully discharge the duties upon which I am about to enter.”
(2) Every election of a member shall be notified in the Government Gazette by the Chief Electoral Officer and every election of a President and VicePresident shall be notified by the Government in the Government Gazette within thirty days from the date of declaration of the result of such election.
(3) lf any such person omits or refuses to take or make the oath or affirmation as required by sub-section (1) within thirty days of the date of notification of his election or nomination, as the case may be, his election or nomination, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be invalid, and his seat shall become vacant.