¹[(1)] The duration of any Council constituted under this Act shall be ²[four years] from the date of its first meeting, on the expiry of which it shall stand dissolved and a new Council constituted in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

³[(2) Notwithstanding the expiration of the duration of a Council (hereinafter referred to as the former Council), the former Council shall continue to exercise its functions until a new Council is constituted in accordance with the provisions of this Act, and on such constitution, the former Council shall stand dissolved.]


1. Section 14 re-numbered as sub-section (1) thereof by Act 15 of 1959, s. 12 (w.e.f. 1-7-1959).
2. Subs. by Act 12 of 2022, s. 13, for “three years” (w.e.f. 10-5-2022).
3. Ins. by s. 12, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-7-1959).