PART III
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Filling of casual vacancies in case of elected councillors.
3.67(1)
8.67(2)
When casual vacancy is not to be filled.
8.67(3)
Term of office of persons filling casual vacancies.
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31.
(1) Subject to the provisions of section 32
of this Ordinance, on a casual vacancy occurring among the
elected members of the Council, an election to fill the
vacancy shall be held
(a) in a case in which the Supreme Court or the
Council have declared the office to be vacant,
within thirty days from the date of the declaration;
and
(b) in any other case within thirty days from the date
on which the vacancy is deemed to have occurred;
and shall be conducted in the same manner as an ordinary
election.
(2) The day of election to fill a casual vacancy shall
be fixed by the returning officer..
32. Where a casual vacancy occurs among the members of
the Council within six months before the ordinary day of
retirement of councillors from office, no nomination, appointment
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or election of a person to fill the vacancy shall be made or
held, but the vacancy shall be filled at the time of the next
ordinary election:
Provided that if upon a vacancy, or a number of
simultaneous vacancies, so occurring the total number of
unfilled vacancies in the membership of the Council exceeds
one third of the whole number of members, this section shall
not apply to that vacancy or to those vacancies.
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33. A person nominated, appointed or elected under this
Ordinance to fill a casual vacancy shall hold office until
the date upon which the person in whose place he is nominated,
appointed or elected would regularly have retired, and he
shall then retire.
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