Section 40: Discharge of functions of the Mayor by the Deputy Mayors
Punjab Municipal Corporation Act 1976State Act of Punjab · Act 42 of 1976
(1) When the office of the Mayor is vacant, the Senior Deputy Mayor and in his absence, the Deputy Mayor shall act as Mayor until a new Mayor is elected.
Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976, Section 38 29
1. Substituted by Act 5 of 1994.
(2) When the Mayor is absent from duty on account of illness or any other cause, the Senior Deputy Mayor, and in his absence the Deputy Mayor, shall act as Mayor during his absence.