(1)The vice chairperson shall be nominated by the chairperson from among the members of the council and approved by two-thirds of all the members of the council.

(2)The vice chairperson shall be a person who qualifies to be a district chairperson.

(3)The secretaries shall be nominated by the chairperson from among the members of the council and shall be approved by the majority of all the members of the council.

(4)Where a person nominated to the executive committee is rejected by the council three times without reasonable grounds, the nomination of that person shall stand notwithstanding the rejection by the council.

(5)The vice chairperson shall deputise for the chairperson and shall perform other functions that may be assigned to him or her by the chairperson.

(6)Subject to section 188(8), if the chairperson dies, resigns or is removed from office, the vice chairperson shall assume the office of chairperson until the election of a new chairperson; and the election shall take place within six months after the occurrence of the event.

(7)Where both the chairperson and the vice chairperson are unable to perform the functions of the office of chairperson, the speaker shall perform those functions until the chairperson or the vice chairperson assumes office or until a new chairperson is elected.

(8)Before performing the functions of the office of chairperson under subsection (7), the speaker shall take and subscribe the oath specified in Schedule 4 to this Act.

(9)A person holding an office on the executive committee immediately before the speaker assumes the functions of chairperson shall continue to hold such office until the chairperson, the vice chairperson or a new chairperson, as the case may be assumes office.

(10)A speaker assuming the functions of the chairperson under subsection (7) shall not have powers to fill any vacancy on the executive committee.

(11)During the period the speaker is acting as chairperson, the deputy speaker shall act as speaker.

(12)A secretary shall have responsibility for such functions of the district council as the district chairperson may assign to him or her.

(13)Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the district executive committee shall be constituted expeditiously and, in any case, not later than three months after the first sitting of the council.