(a) The persons holding the office of councillor or member, as the case may be, of the local authority specified in the following table on the date immediately preceding the appointed date shall elect from amongst the councillors or members, as the case may be, of the respective local authority, the number of councillors shown against it in the said table in the manner prescribed in paragraph 12:-
(b) The corporation shall, as soon as conveniently may be after the councillors elected under sub-paragraph (a) have taken office, appoint in such manner as it may determine three persons from amongst the persons who are enrolled in the municipal election roll of the Kuria Municipal Borough in operation on the date immediately before the appointed date to be councillors, subject to the provisions of Section 16 of the [Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act] [These words were substituted by Maharashtra 25 of 1996, (w.e.f. 4.9.1996).].