(1)Where a Municipality is dissolved before its duration specified in article 243U or where the seat of a Councillor elected to a Municipality becomes vacant or is declared vacant or his election to the Municipality is declared void, the State Election Commission shall, subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), by a notification in the Gazette, call upon the wards in such Municipality or the ward concerned, as the case may be, to elect Councillors or Councillor for the purpose of constituting the Municipality or filling the vacancy, as the case may be, before such date as may be specified in the notification and the provisions of this Act and of the rules and orders made thereunder shall apply in relation to such election.
