ACT, No. 16 OF 2007

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PARLIAMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF
SRI LANKA
LOCAL AUTHORITIES ELECTIONS
(AMENDMENT)
ACT, No. 16 OF 2007
[Certified on 30th April, 2007]
Printed on the Order of Government
Published as a Supplement to Part II of the Gazette of the Democratic
Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka of May 04, 2007
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Local Authorities Elections (Amendment) 1
Act, No. 16 of 2007
[Certified on 30th April, 2007]
L.D.—O. 10/2007.
ANACT TO AMEND THE LOCALAUTHORITIES
ELECTIONS ORDINANCE
BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist
Republic of Sri Lanka as follows :-
1. This Act may be cited as the Local Authorities Short title .
Elections (Amendment) Act, No. 16 of 2007.
2. Section 65A of the Local Authorities Elections Amendment of
Ordinance is hereby amended as follows :— section 65A of
Chapter 262.
(1) by the renumbering of subsection (2) of that section
as subsection (2) (a) of the subsection ;
(2) in the renumbered subsection (2) (a) by the omission
therefrom, of all the words from “Where all the
candidates whose names were in such nomination
paper” to the end of that subsection ; and
(3) by the addition immediately after the renumbered
subsection (2) (a) of the following :—
“(b) Where all the candidates whose
names appear in the nomination paper
submitted by any recognized political party
or independent group in respect of an electoral
area have been elected or where none of the
candidates whose names remain on such
nomination paper have secured any
preferences, and therefore a vacancy occurs
in the relevant local authority, the returning
officer shall notify such fact to the Secretary
of the recognized political party or group
leader of the independent group who
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submitted the nomination paper of the member
vacating office, requiring him to nominate
within the period specified in the notice
relating to the filling of the vacancy a person
eligible under the Ordinance to be a member
of a local authority, to fill such vacancy. If
such secretary or group leader nominates
within the specified period an eligible person
to fill such vacancy and such nomination is
accompanied by an oath or affirmation as the
case may be, in the form set out in the Seventh
Schedule to the Constitution taken and
subscribed or made and subscribed as the case
may be, by the person nominated to fill such
vacancy, the returning officer shall declare
such person elected as a member of the relevant
local authority.
(c) The person elected to fill the vacancy
occurring in the manner specified in
paragraph (b), in the relevant local authority,
shall hold office only for the unexpired period
of the term of office of the member whom he
succeeds.”.
Sinhala text to 3. In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala
prevail in case of and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.
inconsistency.

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