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(h) dies; or
(i) becomes disqualified or ceases to hold office for any other reason, his office as such member shall become vacant and the Chairman or, if no Chairman has been elected under section 20, the Secretary shall give notice thereof in the Gazette.
(Replaced 44 of 1981 s. 8. Amended 9 of 1986 s. 8)
Members interests in contracts
19. (1) If a member has any pecuniary interest, direct or indirect, in any contract or proposed contract or other matter and is present at a meeting of the Council or a committee thereof at which the contract or other matter is the subject of consideration, he shall at the meeting, as soon as practicable after the commencement thereof, disclose the fact, and shall not take part in the consideration or discussion of, or vote on any question with respect to, the contract or other matter.
(2) This section shall not apply to an interest in a contract or other matter which a member may have as a ratepayer or resident of the Urban Council area or to an interest in any matter relating to the terms on which the right to participate in any service is offered to the public. (Amended 9 of 1986 s. 9)
(3) A member shall not be treated as having a pecuniary interest in any contract or other matter if the interest-
(a) of that member; or
(b) of any company, body or person connected with him as mentioned in subsection (4),
is so remote or insignificant that it cannot reasonably be regarded as likely to influence a member in the consideration or discussion of, or in voting on, any question with respect to that contract or matter.
(4) For the purposes of this section a member shall be treated as having indirectly a pecuniary interest in a contract or other matter, if-
(a) he, or any nominee of his, is a member of a company or other body with which the contract is made or is proposed to be made or which has a direct pecuniary interest in the other matter under consideration; or
(b) he is a partner, or in the employment, of a person with whom the contract is made or is proposed to be made or who has a direct pecuniary interest in the other matter under consideration:
Provided that-
(i) this subsection shall not apply to membership of, or employment under, any public body;
(ii) a member of a company or other body shall not, by reason only of his membership, be treated as being so interested if he has no beneficial interest in any shares or stock of that company or other body.
(5) In the case of married persons the interest of one spouse shall, if known to the other, be deemed for the purposes of this section to be also an interest of that other spouse. (Amended 9 of 1986 s. 9)
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