Section 68 · Term of office of Chairman and members of Standing and Subjects Committees

(1) The term of office of the Chairman of the Standing Committee shall be co-terminus with his term of office as President. (2) The term of office of the Chairman of a Subject Committee of which the Vice-President is the ex-officio Chairman shall be co-terminus with his term of office as Vice-President. 2(3) The term of office of the Chairman of other Subjects Committees and of the members of the Standing Committee and all Subjects Committees shall be one year or for the residue of their term as Councillors, whichever is less, but each of them shall be eligible for re-election: Provided that, if any such Chairman absents himself from the municipal area for an aggregate period exceeding six months during the year, whether with or without leave of the Council, he shall cease to be the Chairman.