Provincial Councils Elections (Amendment) Act 2017 · As enacted
24. Amendment of section 65 of the principal enactment
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Section 65 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:—
in subsection (2) thereof—
by the substitution for the words “of a person eligible under this Act for election as a
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member” of the words “any other candidate of the Electorate List or the District List other than the candidates who have been elected or are not qualified to be a member”,
by the substitution for the words “nomination paper submitted by that party or independent group for the administrative district in respect of which the vacancy occurred, the candidate who has secured the highest number of preferences at the election of members to that
Provincial Council, next to the last of the members declared elected to that Provincial
Council from that party or independent group” of the words “the condidate next in the District List other than a candidate who has been elected or is not qualified to be a member”;
by the repeal of subsection (3) thereof, and the substitution therefor of the following new subsection :-
“(3) Where a vacancy occurs in the case of a woman member of a Provincial Council under subsection (1) or (2) such vacancy shall be filled only by the nomination of a woman condidate from the relevant Electorate List or the District List other than the women condidates who have been elected or are not qualified to be a member.”.