CAP. 101]
Urban Council
(1988 Ed.
(a) subject to subsection (2), in the case of a member elected at an ordinary election for the Council, for 3 years from 1 April next following the notification in the Gazette of his election;
(b) in the case of a member elected to fill a vacancy caused by an elected member ceasing to be a member in accordance with section 18, from the date of the notification in the Gazette of his election until the date when the elected member whom he succeeded would otherwise have ceased to hold office. (Amended 9 of 1981 s. 2; 44 of 1981 s. 4; 9 of 1986 s. 3)
(2) A member elected at the ordinary election in March 1989 shall hold office from 1 April 1989 to 31 May 1991 and a member elected at the ordinary election in May 1991 shall hold office from 1 June 1991 to 31 March in the year in which the next ordinary election for the Urban Council is held. (Replaced 84 of 1988 s. 4)
Election and tenure of office of representative members
7A. (1) Each District Board in the Urban Council area shall, at a meeting of the District Board, elect one of its members as its representative member on the Council in accordance with the voting procedure set out in the Fifth Schedule and, subject to this subsection, according to such procedures as the District Board may determine by its standing orders.
(2) The District Officer for the district shall be the returning officer for the election of a representative member.
(3) Subject to subsections (5) and (7), an appointed member or an elected member of the Council, who is also a member of a District Board, is not qualified for election as a representative member of the Council for the District Board.
(4) Between 16 March and 31 March 1989, the elected and appointed members of each District Board in the Urban Council area shall elect one of their number as the District Board's representative member for a term commencing 1 April 1989 and expiring on 31 May 1991.
(5) For the election of a representative member in March 1989—
(a) an appointed or elected member of the Council whose term of office on the Council will terminate on or before 31 March 1989 and who has not been re-elected or re-appointed and who is a member of a District Board is qualified for election as a representative member of the Council for the District Board; and
(b) a person who has been elected as a member of the Council at the election held in March 1989 but whose term of office does not commence until 1 April 1989 and who is also a member of a District Board, is not qualified for election as a representative member of the Council for the District Board.
(6) Between 23 May and 31 May 1991, each District Board in the Urban Council area shall elect one of its members as its representative member for a term commencing on 1 June 1991 and expiring on 30 September in the year in which the next ordinary election for the District Board is held.