8 21 Amendment of section 101 of Cap 29:15 Section 101 (“Meetings and procedure of committees”) (1) of the principal Act is amended by the deletion of “the executive committee or council, as the case may be,” and the substitution of “the council”. 22 New sections substituted for sections 103, 104 and 105 of Cap. 29:15 Sections 103, 104 and 105 of the principal Act are repealed and substituted by— “103 Election of mayor, deputy mayor, chairperson and deputy chairperson (1) At the first meeting of a council after it has been established and thereafter at the first meeting held— (a) after the general election of councillors; or (b) after an initial election of councillors referred to in section 17(1)(c); the councillors present at that meeting shall, under the chairmanship of the district administrator, or, in the case of the Harare and Bulawayo municipal councils, the provincial administrator within whose province the municipal council lies, elect— (c) in the case of a municipal council, one councillor or other person to be mayor and thereafter another councillor to be deputy mayor; (d) in the case of a town council, one councillor to be chairperson and thereafter another councillor to be deputy chairperson. (2) A person elected in terms of subsection (1) shall forthwith enter upon his or her office and shall hold office until the election or appointment of his or her successor in office. (3) A person elected in terms of subsection (1) shall cease to hold office as such when his or her successor is elected in terms of that subsection: Provided that— (i) if a deputy mayor is elected in terms of subsection (4) to be mayor, he or she shall cease to hold office as deputy mayor with effect from that election; (ii) if a deputy chairperson is elected in terms of subsection (4) to be chairperson, he or she shall cease to hold office as deputy chairperson with effect from that election; (iii) if a mayor, chairperson, deputy mayor or deputy chairperson resigns, by notice in writing addressed to the town clerk, he or she shall cease to hold office as such with effect from the date the notice is received by the town clerk; (iv) if the seat of the councillor who is a mayor, chairperson, deputy mayor or deputy chairperson becomes vacant by virtue of section 78(2) (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) or (g), he or she shall cease to hold office as such with effect from the date that seat becomes vacant. (4) Where the office of mayor, chairperson, deputy mayor or deputy chairperson becomes vacant before a meeting referred to in subsection (1), the councillors present at a meeting of the council held not later than thirty days after such vacancy shall elect a successor who shall serve for the unexpired term of office of his or her predecessor. 8