25. Replacement of section 65AA of the principal enactment

Section 65AA is hereby repealed and the following section is substituted therefor:—

65AA. (1) Where the number of members elected from any recognized political party or independent group for a Local Authority results in an overhang and thereby exceeds the number ascertained to be elected and returned as members under sub section (3) of section

“Apportionment of women members.

65(3), and such number of members so elected do not include any women members, then the provisions of subsections (3) and (4) of this section shall not apply to such recognized political party or independent group.

Where any recognized political party or independent group has received less than twenty per centum of the total number of votes polled in a local authority area, and has less than three members elected or returned, then the provisions of subsections (3) and (4) of this section shall not apply to such recognized political party or independent group.

The apportionment of women members to be elected and returned to each local authority from the recognized political parties and independent groups other than the political parties and the independent groups referred to in subsection (2) of this section, shall be determined by the Commissioner of Elections, taking into consideration the number of valid votes polled by the other recognized political parties and independent groups in all wards of such local authority, and the method of apportionment set out in Article 99A of the

Where the number of women members elected for all wards of any local authority area from any recognized political party or independent group other than the recognized political party or independent group referred to in subsection (1) or (2) of this section, is less than the number apportioned in terms of subsection (3) of this section, then the shortfall