64. Failure by the mayor or a councillor to take his oath of office within the fifteen days following the date of signification of the special notice contemplated in section 166, of publication of the public notice contemplated in section 239, or from the date when he was appointed or elected pursuant to section 61 or 170, shall render the office vacant by the mere expiry of the delay.
The clerk shall so advise the council at the first sitting following the expiry of the delay.
R. S. 1964, c. 193, s. 63; 1968, c. 55, s. 24.