SECTION 226

(1) In case of embezzlement of public funds, an offence liable to criminal sanction with forfeiture, proven shortcoming or gross misconduct in the discharge of their duties, the mayor and deputy mayors may be dismissed by decree of the President of the Republic, under the conditions provided for in Section 225 above. CERTIFIED TRUE COPY 52 (2) They may also, after being heard, be dismissed by deliberation of the council board during an extraordinary session convened by the representative of the State at his own initiative or that of two thirds of board members. The deliberation shall automatically entail suspension of the mayor or and deputy mayors once it is adopted. It shall be rendered enforceable by order of the minister in charge of local authorities.