Upon the occurrence of any vacancy in the office of President or Vice-President, a new President or Vice-President shall be elected [ ]6in manner provided by Section 20.
Section 24 7[24. Notification of election and oath or affirmation of allegiance. - (1) No elected member of a Municipality shall enter upon his duties as such member until he has taken or made, at a meeting of the Municipality, an oath or affirmation of his allegiance to India in the following form, namely :- "I, A.B. having been elected Member of the Nagar Panchayat or Municipal Council of.......do hereby solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to India and to the Constitution of India as by the law established and I will faithfully discharge the duties upon which I am about to enter".
(2) The State Government shall notify in the Official Gazette every election of President of a Municipality and no President shall enter upon his duties as such until his election is so notified :
Provided that the State Government may refuse to notify the election as President of any person who has incurred a disqualification under this Act or under any other law for the time being in force, subsequent to his election as member of the Municipality :
Provided further that the State Government shall not refuse to notify the election of the President without giving an opportunity of being heard to the concerned person.
Conduct of Business Section 25