Elections to local authorities

277 Elections to local authorities (1) Elections of councillors of local authorities must be held — (a) in the case of a general election of mayors and councillors, concurrently with a general election of Members of Parliament and the President: (b) in the case of an election, other than a general clection, to fill onc or more casual vacancies, as soon as practicable after the vacancies have occurred. (2) Elections of mayors and chairpersons of local authorities, other than mayors or chairpersons on whom executive powers have been conferred under section 274(5), must be held at the first sitting of the councils concerned following a general election. (3) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) or an Act of Parliament, mayors, chairpersons and councillors of local authorities assume office on the ninth day after the announcement of the results of the general election in which the councillors were elected.