Section 20
Oath of office.
The Manipur Municipalities Act, 1994
About this Act
An Act to provide for constitution and organisation of municipalities in the Urban areas of Manipur and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.
(1) Every person who is elected or appointed as a Councillor of a municipality
shall, before entering upon his office under this Act, make and subscribe before such authority as may be
prescribed for the purpose, an oath or affirmation of his allegiance to the Constitution of India in the
prescribed form.
(2) Any person, having been elected, or appointed as a Councillor fails to make and subscribe, within three months from the date of the first meeting of the municipality the oath or affirmation laid down in sub-section (1) shall cease to hold his office and his office shall be deemed to have become vacant.
(2) Any person, having been elected, or appointed as a Councillor fails to make and subscribe, within three months from the date of the first meeting of the municipality the oath or affirmation laid down in sub-section (1) shall cease to hold his office and his office shall be deemed to have become vacant.