(1) (a) There shall be a Chairperson in every municipality who shall Chairparson be elected by the persons whose names appear in the electoral rolls relating to of municithe -wards of the municipality in accordance with such procedure as may be pres- pality.
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(b) Where at a general or mid-term election, no Chairperson is elected, a fresh election shall be held.
(2) The election of the Chairperson may be held ordinarily at the same time and in the same place where the election to the councillors of the wards are hey.
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(3) The term of office of the Chairperson shall be flve years on and from ' the date notified by the Tamil Nadu State Election Commision.
(4) A casua1 vacancy in the offlce of the Chairperson shall be fllled by a fresh election and a person elected as Chairperson in any such vacancy shall enter upon office forthwith and hold office only so long as the person, in whose place he is elected would have been entitled to hold office, if the vacancy had not occurred.
(5) The Chairperson shall be an ex-officio member of the council and shall have all the rights and privileges of an elected councillor of the council.
(6) The Chairperson shall be an ex-officio member of every standing committee, wards committee and of other committees e rcept Taxation Appeals Committee or Taxation Appeals Tribunal, as the case may be, but shall not be eligible to be elected as the Chairman of any standing committee or wards committee:
Providea that the i l ~ d i r p ~ s ~ r , hal l not have right to :vote at any meeting of the Standing Committee or any wards Committee.
45. The Chairperso11 of a municipality shall.-- Powers and dutiesaf
(a) convene and preside over all the meetings of the council : Chalrpcma provided that in the case of election of Deputy Chairperson, the meeting shall be convened and resided over by aii officer nominzted by thc Tam11 Nadn State Election Commission;
(b) exercise all the powers and perform all the dutied conferred or irnpisd od him under this Act;
(c) co-ordinate with the Commissioner and committees oonstitited under this Act in the manner prescribed;
(dl have the power to inspect any municipal work, project. or other scheme;
(e) exercise such powers in regard to the approval and executibn of any work, project, scheme relating to the municipality subject to such limits and .. * 4 , . - . procedures as may be prescribed:
(f) exercise such powers of the council as may be delegated to him by thr!
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person of municipality.
Deleption of funct~ons of Chairperson to councillor in absence oi Deputy Chairperson.
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P;..! <. . . ., & pay-:& :'. .:. , honoraria, fees, or a1)owances to chairperson, Deputy Chairperson and councillor.
Constitution of wards committee.
(g) carry out such works and perform such duties in regard to aay rqatteB which may be ~ . - + r ~ ~ s t e d to him by any notification issued by the Government and subject tn such ternis and conditions as may be in~p.~seg in the said notification.