SECTION 143

(1) The mayor, deputy mayors, the president, the first vice-president, the vice-presidents or members of the regional council executive shall devote themselves to the full exercise of their duties. (2) During their term of office, the remuneration of members of the executive of a local authority may not be combined with a civil servant salary or any other salary paid by a public or semi-public employer. (3) Any employee of the State or a local authority elected mayor or deputy mayor, president, senior vice-president, vice-president or member of the regional council executive shall, as of right, be placed on secondment to the local authority during the term of office. (4) The employment contract of a State employee governed by the Labour Code or belonging to the private sector, who is elected to the aforementioned offices, shall be suspended for the duration of the term of office. (5) The local elected official shall participate diligently in the meetings of the deliberative organ and the bodies to which he has been assigned.