Section 15: Tenure of office of Chairman.

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, a person shall hold the office of Chairman until-
(a) when his successor in office takes the oath of that office;
(b) he dies whilst holding such office;
(c) the date when his resignation from office takes effect;
(d) he otherwise ceases to hold office in accordance with the provisions of this Act;
(e) he becomes a member of a secret society; or
(f) the Secretary of the Local Government receives a certificate under the hand of the Chairman of the Commission stating that the provisions of section 23 of this Act have been complied with in respect of the recall of the Chairman.
(2) The Secretary of the Local Government shall give effect to the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, so however that the Secretary shall first present evidence satisfactory to the Local Government Council that any of the provisions of that subsection has become applicable in respect of the Chairman.
(3) Subject to the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, the Chairman shall vacate his office at the expiration of a period of 3 years but for only 2 years during the transition period, commencing from the date when-
(a) in the case of a person first elected as Chairman under this Act, he took the Oath of Allegiance and the Oath of Office; or
(b) the person last elected to that office took the Oath of Allegiance and the Oath of Office or would but for his death have taken such Oaths.