Local Authorities Elections (Amendment) Act 2016 · As enacted
4. Insertion of new section 65AA in the principal enactment
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 65A of the principal enactment and shall have effect as section 65AA of that enactment:—
65AA. In the apportionment, in accordance with the order of priority of ranking, of the number of women members to be returned from all the wards of such local authority area among the recognized political parties and independent groups, as referred to in section 28(2A), the Commissioner of Elections shall take into consideration the number of valid votes polled by each recognized political party and independent group in all the wards of such local authority area, and the method of apportionment set out in Article 99A of the
Constitution of the Democratic Socialist
Republic of Sri Lanka shall, mutatis mutandis, apply thereto:
Provided that, the Commissioner of
Elections shall not require the Secretary of any recognized political party or group leader of any independent group to make any nomination of persons in addition to the persons already nominated under section 28 nor shall the Secretary or group leader, as the case may be, submit any list making any nomination.”.
“Declartion of women members to be returned.