Elected members.
(8.18)
Third Schedule
310 Gotredule Past Isl Election Rule 386.)
Paragraph ry(d) of
dispatch
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(6) If at any time in the opinion of the Governor a
vacancy exists in the Council by reason of the failure of
any body to nominate a member as hereinbefore provided,
the Governor may appoint a person to fill such vacancy, and
the person so nominated shall be deemed for all purposes to
be a nominated member.
The clerk of the Council shall cause to be published
in the Gazette notice of any appointment made by the
Governor in pursuance of the provisions of this sub-section.
(7) Subject to the provisions of this section a person
so nominated or appointed as aforesaid, shall be deemed to
be a member of the Council as from the date of the publication
of notice of nomination or appointment in the Gazette.
7. - (1)
Chinese race and ten shall be of race other than Chinese.
(1) Ten of the elected members shall be of
They shall be elected in the manner hereinafter provided.
(2) (a) In this sub-section
"Casual vacancy" means a vacancy occasioned by the
vacation of the seat of a councillor not of Chinese race
otherwise than on the retirement of councillors in a third
year under the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 11
of this Ordinance.
"Ordinary election" means an election of councillors
not of Chinese race to replace the like councillors on
their retirement in a third year under the provisions of
sub-section (2) of section 11 of this Ordinance.
(b) In the event of an election to fill a casual
vacancy occasioned by the vacation of a seat by a Portuguese
or Indian councillor, it shall not be lawful to nominate as
a candidate any person other than a Portuguese or an Indian,
as the case may be, unless at the time of nomination another
seat be held by an elected Portuguese or Indian councillor,
as the case may be.
(5)