SECTION 302

(1) Any member of the Regional Council who has duly been sent a convening notice and who, without valid grounds, does not attend 3 (three) successive sessions may, after having been requested by the President of the Regional Council to provide an explanation, be deemed as having resigned by decision of the Minister in charge of regional and local authorities, after consulting the Regional Council. The decision, which shall be copied to such member and the representative of the State, may be appealed against before a competent court. (2) The councillor deemed to have resigned under Sub-section 1 above shall not be eligible for election to the regional council during the by- or general elections held immediately after his resignation.