Acts done pending a petition not invalidated.
s.102
Provisions as to elections in the room of persons unseated on petition.
s.103
PART XIV PART XV
(2) A respondent who has given notice as aforesaid
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that he does not intend to oppose the petition shall not
be allowed to appear or act as a party against the petition
in any proceedings thereon.
155. Where a candidate who has been elected is, by a
certificate of the Court, declared not to have been duly
elected, acts done by him in the execution of his office
before the time when the certificate is received by the
clerk of the Council shall not be invalidated by reason of
that declaration.
156. Where on an election petition the election of
any person has been declared void and no other person has
been declared elected in his room, a new election shall be
held to supply the vacancy in the same manner as on a casual
vacancy.
First election or nomination of councillors.
Local Government Act, 1888, s.103
PART XV
TRANSITORY PROVISIONS
First Elections and Nominations of Councillors.
157. (1) The first election of councillors under this
Ordinance shall be held on such date or dates as the Governor
shall notify by Proclamation and the date or dates so notified
shall be deemed for the purposes of the first election to be
the ordinary day or days of election of councillors.
(2) The provisions of this Ordinance with respect to the
election or nomination of councillors shall apply to the first
election or nomination of councillors, mutatis mutandis.
(3) The Governor may appoint a person to be the
returning officer for the purposes of the first election of
councillors and the returning officer so appointed and all
officers appointed to assist him shall have the like powers
and shall discharge the like functions as a returning officer
and such other officers appointed under the provisions of
Part II of this Ordinance.
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