Act of Parliament · As enacted
Local Authorities (Special Provisions) Act 2007
Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails. Open the official Sinhala text, official PDF on documents.gov.lk
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s 1Short title
This Act may cited as the Local Authorities (Special
Provisions) Act, No. 30 of 2007.
Nomination papers submitted, under section 28 of the Local Authorites Elections Ordinance (Chapter 262)
(hereinafter referred to as “the Ordinance”) in respect of elections to the Municipal Council and the Pradeshiya
Sabhas specified in Schedules I and II, in response to the
Notices published under section 26 of the Ordinance are hereby deemed to be of no force and effect and as if such nomination papers had never been submitted.
The Notices published under subsection (3) of section 38 of the Ordinance, in respect of elections to the Municipal
Council and the Pradeshiya Sabhas specified in Schedules I and II, are hereby revoked.
Deposits made under section 29 of the Ordinance in respect of candidates nominated by an independent group for election to the Municipal Council or any of the Pradeshiya
Sabhas specified in Schedules I and II, shall notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 30 of the Ordinance, be refunded, on the production by the person who made the deposit, of the receipt issued to such person under subsection (3) of section 29 of the Ordinance, together with interest on such deposit at the rate of twelve per centum, per annum, from the date of deposit to the date of refund.
s 3Steps to be commenced for holding of elections
Steps shall be commenced under the Ordinance for the holding of elections to the Municipal Council and the
Pradeshiya Sabhas specified in Schedules I and II:
Provided that the notice of nomination in terms of the
Ordinance shall be published on such date as the Minister may determine by Order published in the Gazette, such date shall however, be a date not later than six months from the date of the coming into operation of this Act.
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Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, any registered elector who reasonably fears that due to conditions prevailing in the area within which his polling station is situate, that he is unable to cast his vote freely at such polling station at an election held to elect members to the Municipal Council and eight Pradeshiya Sabhas as specified in Schedules I and II to this Act, may make an application in such format as specified by the Commissioner of Elections (hereinafter referred to as the “Commissioner”)
within one week of notice of nominations, requesting that he may be allowed to cast his vote at another polling station as may be determined by the Commissioner in his absolute discretion.
The Commissioner shall within a week of receipt of an application, inform such elector whether such application is accepted or rejected. The decision of the Commissioner shall be final and conclusive.
Upon the Commissioner deciding to accept the application of a registered elector made in terms of subsection (1) he shall forthwith inform such elector of the polling station at which he is eligible to cast his vote.
The Commissioner shall cause to be published a list of the names of the registered electors whose applications have been accepted in accordance with the provisions of subsection (2), by making copies thereof available for inspection at his office and at the relevant district offices.
Where such vote is cast, such vote shall be counted along with the votes of the relevant local authority in which such elector is registered.
s 5Interpretation
For the purposes of this Act “Commissioner of
Elections” shall have the same meaning as in the Ordinance.
s 6Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency
In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.
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