Constitution of India, 1949
243U. Duration of Municipalities, etc . —
(1) Every Municipality, unless sooner dissolved under any law
for the time being in force, shall continue for five years from the date
appointed for its first meeting and no longer:
Provided that a Municipality shall be given a
reasonable opportunity of being heard before its dissolution.
(2) No amendment of any law for the time being in force shall
have the effect of causing dissolution of a Municipality at any level, which is
functioning immediately before such amendment, till the expiration of its
duration specified in clause (1).
(3) An election to Constitute a Municipality shall be
completed,—
(a) before the expiry of its duration
specified in clause (1);
(b) before the expiration of a period of six
months from the date of its dissolution:
Provided that where the remainder of the period for
which the dissolved Municipality would have continued is less than six months, it
shall not be necessary to hold any election under this clause for constituting
the Municipality for such period.
(4) A Municipality constituted upon the dissolution of a
Municipality before the expiration of its duration shall continue only for the
remainder of the period for which the dissolved Municipality would leave
continued. under, clause (1) had it not been so dissolved.