44. Replacement of section 65 of the principal enactment

Section 65 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section is substituted therefor :—

65.

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Upon receipt of the documents referred to in section 64, the chief counting officer in charge of the ward appointed under subsection (3) of section 59A, shall declare as elected as member of the ward, the name of the candidate belonging to the recognized political party or the independent group who obtained the highest number of votes in that ward and who was nominated by such recognized political party or independent group in its nomination paper as its candidates for that ward. He shall also declare the number of votes received by all the other recognized political parties and independent groups, which contested the election in that ward.

Where an equality of votes is found to exist between any two or more recognized political parties or two or more independent groups, and the addition of a vote would entitle the nominated candidate of one such recognized political party or independent group to be elected, the determination of the recognized political party or independent group to which such additional vote shall be deemed to have been given, shall be made by lot drawn in the presence of the chief counting officer, in such manner as he shall determine.

After making the declaration of the candidate who is elected as the member of the ward, the chief counting officer shall, immediately upon receipt of the documents referred to in subsection (1) and (2) of section 64, deliver to the returning officer all such documents so received.".