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Chapter XVIIA · 146[CHAPTER XVII a

154D. Membership of Provincial Council

Unofficial copy, with amendments up to 31 Oct 2022. Later amendments are not included. Check the official text before you rely on it.

(1)

A Provincial Council shall consist of such number of members as may be determined by or under law, having regard to the area and population of the

Province for which that Provincial Council is established.

(2)

(a)

A Provincial Council may at the commencement of the term of office of its members, decide, by resolution, to grant Members of Parliament elected for electoral districts, the limits of which fall within the

Province for which that Provincial Council is established, the right to participate in proceedings of that Council.

(b)

So long as a resolution passed under sub-paragraph (a) is in force, a Member of Parliament elected for an electoral district, the limits of which fall within the Province for which that Provincial Council is established, shall have the right, during the term of office of that Council, to speak in and otherwise take part in, the proceedings of the Provincial Council and to speak in and otherwise take part in, any committee of the Provincial

Council of which he may be named a member but shall be entitled to vote thereat only if the resolution passed under Sub-paragraph (a) so provides.

(c)

The provisions of this paragraph shall cease to operate on the date of dissolution of the first Parliament.

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