(1) There shall be a President-in-Council for every Council which shall be constituted by the President from amongst the elected Councillors within seven days from the date of election of Vice-President under Section 43.
(2) The President-in-Council shall consist of the President and seven members in case of Municipal Council and five members in case of Nagar Panchayat.
(3) The members of the President-in-Council shall hold office during the pleasure of the President.
(4) Each Council shall have such departments as may be prescribed and member of the President-in-Council shall be made incharge of such departments by the President.
(5) The President shall be the Ex-Officio Chairman of the President-in-Council and shall over the meeting of the President-in-Council, if present. In the absence of the President, the members present in the meeting shall choose one of them to preside over the meeting.
(6) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the President-in-Council, Chairman and the members shall exercise such powers and perform such function, as may be prescribed.
(7) The conduct of business of the President-in-Council shall be such as may be prescribed.
In case the office of the President is declared vacant under the Act, the Councillors nominated by the Government under sub-section (2) of Section 37 to perform the duties of the President or a person who is elected for the office of the President, as the case may be, either allow the existing The Madhya Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1961 31 members of the President-in-Council to continue or appoint new members in place of them from amongst the elected Counc