Any member of a departmental council who, without a valid excuse, has refused to carry out one of the duties devolved upon him by the laws shall be declared to have resigned by the administrative court.
The refusal results either from an express declaration addressed to whom it may concern or made public by its author, or from persistent abstention after warning from the convening authority.
A member who resigns in this way may not be re-elected for a period of one year.