PART II
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(c) If in the event of a contested ordinary
election on the occasion whereof one or more Portuguese
or Indian candidates is or are validly nominated and has
or have gone to the poll, no Portuguese candidate or
Indian candidate, as the case may be, is found on the
count to have received a sufficient number of votes to
secure his inclusion in the ten candidates at the head of
the poll, then the Portuguese candidate or Indian candidate,
as the case may be, who has received the majority of votes
cast for the Portuguese or Indian Candidates respectively
shall be declared to be elected irrespective of the number
of votes secured by him or them and shall displace in the
order of candidates at the head of the poll the candidate
or candidates securing the lowest number or numbers of votes
who would, in the absence of this provision, have been
declared to have been elected.
"
Chairman of
the Council.
s.3 s.18
Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Council.
8. (1) The Chairman of the Council shall be
elected annually by the members of the Council fron among
such members.
(2) The Chairman shall, unless he resigns or ceases
to be qualified or becomes disqualified, continue in
office until his successor becomes entitled to act as
Chairman.
(3) During his term of office, the Chairman shall
continue to be a member of the Council notwithstanding
the provisions of this Ordinance relating to the retirement
of Councillors at the end of three years.
(5A)