Gujarat Municipalities Act, 1963
(1) The president or vice-president, if elected a member of any committee, shall be ex-officio chairman thereof: Provided that in the case of a Pilgrim Committee, the President shall be Ex-offico Chairman thereof. (2) A municipality may appoint a Chairman for a Committee of which there is no ex-officio Chairman. (3) A committee of which there is an ex-officio Chairman or a chairman appointed by the municipality, shall, at each meeting which such chairman does not attend, appoint from its members a chairman for such meeting. (4) A committee, of which there is no ex-officio Chairman or a chairman appointed by the municipality, shall appoint from time to time a chairman from the members of such committee.