Article 14 of Municipality Law

The Municipal Council is competent to accept resignation from membership. The resignation shall be submitted in writing to the Chairman of the Council for presentation to the Council at the first sitting following its submission. It shall be considered final from the time the Council decides to accept it. If the resignation is not determined within one month from the date of its submission, it shall be deemed accepted by operation of law from the day following the expiry of that period. The Council shall announce the vacancy of the seat at its first sitting after that vacancy occurs. The member may withdraw his resignation before the issuance of the Council's decision accepting it or before it is deemed final, as the case may be. The same procedure shall be followed in the event of the resignation of either the Chairman of the Council or his deputy, subject to the requirement that, in the event of the resignation of the Chairman of the Council, it must be submitted to the Municipal Council. Elections to fill the office of Chairman of the Council or his deputy shall be held at the same sitting at which the resignation was accepted.