Section 16: Death of Chairman elect before oaths of Office.

(1) If a person duly elected as Chairman dies before taking and subscribing the Oath of Allegiance and the Oath of Office, the person elected with him as Vice-Chairman shall be sworn in as Chairman who shall than nominate and with the approval of a majority of the members of the Local Government Council appoint a new Vice-Chairman from among those members.
(2) The Commission shall conduct a by-election to fill the vacant seat created in the ward from which the new Vice-Chairman has been appointed.