Election or appointment of principal member and deputy principal member
61 Election or appointment of principal member and deputy principal member
If election is the basis of filling the office of the principal member, the office is to be filled at each general election.
If appointment is the basis of filling the office of the principal member of a council, the council must, at the first meeting of a council after a general election, appoint one of its members to be the principal member.
The council may appoint another one of its members to be the deputy principal member of the council.
A person is not eligible to be elected or appointed as the principal member or the deputy principal member if the person is disqualified from holding that position under section 132N(e).
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