Section 2: Designation

The resignation of the mayor or a deputy mayor is sent to the representative of the State in the department. It is definitive as from its acceptance by the representative of the State in the department or, in the absence of such acceptance, one month after a new dispatch of the resignation recorded by registered letter. The mayor and deputy mayors continue in office until their successors are installed, subject…

The mayor and deputy mayors, after being heard or invited to provide written explanations of the facts of which they are accused, may be suspended by reasoned ministerial decree for a period not exceeding one month. They may only be removed from office by a reasoned decree issued by the Council of Ministers. An appeal against the suspension decree or the removal decree does not require the assistance of a…

In the event of absence, suspension, dismissal or any other impediment, the mayor is temporarily replaced, in the fullness of his duties, by a deputy in the order of appointment and, in the absence of a deputy, by a municipal councillor appointed by the council or, failing that, taken from the order of the roll.