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Local Authorities (Special Provisions) Act 2012 · As enacted · Part I · Amendments to the Municipal Councils Ordinance

4. Amendment of section 14 of the principal enactment

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

Section 14 of the principal enactment as amended by

Law No. 24 of 1977, is hereby further amended as follows:—

(1)

by the repeal of paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of that section, and the substitution therefor of the following paragraph:—

“(b)

a Mayor or Deputy Mayor who resigns or vacates his office, shall however continue to be a Councillor.”; and

(2)

by the repeal of subsection (7) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following subsection:—

“(7) Whenever the office of Mayor of a Municipal

Council falls vacant, notice of such vacancy shall forthwith be given by the Commissioner to the

Commissioner of Local Government and the

Commissioner of Local Government shall thereupon proceed to fill such vacancy in the manner provided for the same in the Local

Authorities Elections Ordinance (Cap. 262).”.

Part II

Amendments to the Urban Councils Ordinance

Part III