State Act

The Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act, 1965.

8[52. Term of office of President.— The term of office of the President shall be five years from the date of his election and his term shall be co-terminus with the term of the Council: Provided that, nothing in this section shall apply to the President who is holding the office in respect of the Council for which general elections have been held prior to the date of commencement of the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships (Amendment) Act, 2022 (Mah. XLI of 2022), and the provisions of this section, as it existed on the date immediately preceding the date of such commencement, shall continue to apply in respect of the term of office of such President.] 1[(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the term of office of the President, elected under sub-section (1) of section 51A-1A, shall be of five years and shall be co-terminus with the term of the Council. (3) Nothing in sub-section (2) shall apply to the term of office of the Presidents who are holding the office in respect of the Council for which general elections have been held prior to the date of commencement of the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations and the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships (Amendment) Act, 2016 (Mah. IX of 2017) and the provisions of this section, as it existed on the date immediately preceding such date of commencement, shall continue to apply in respect of the term of office of such Presidents.] 2[(4) After the date of commencement of the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats Panchayats and Industrial Townships (Second Amendment) Act, 2020 (Mah. XII of 2020), the term of office of the President elected in accordance with section 51A-1B under section 51 shall be such as provided in sub-section (1) of this section.]