3rd Sched. (Part I)

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(2) In the case of an election of a councillor

or councillors for the whole Municipality under the

provisions of section 13(2) of this Ordinance-

(a) if the number of persons validly nominated

exceeds the number of vacancies, the councillor

or councillors shall be elected in accordance

with the provisions of Part III of this Schedule

fron among those persons;

(b) if the number of persons remaining validly

nominated is the same as the number of vacancies,

those persons shall be deemed to be elected;

(c) if the number of persons remaining validly

nominated is less than the number of vacancies,

those persons shall be deemed to be elected, and,

if the election is an ordinary election, such af

the retiring councillors elected for the whole

Municipality as were highest on the poll at the

last ordinary election, or as filled the places of

councillors who were highest on the poll at that

election, or, if the poll was equal or there was

no poll, as may be determined by the drawing of

lots conducted under the direction of the Chairman

of the Council, shall be deemed to be elected to

make up the required number;

(d) if at an ordinary election no person is or remains

validly nominated, the retiring councillors for

the whole Municipality shall be deemed to be

elected.

(3) If an election is not contested, the returning

officer shall, not later than eleven o'clock in the morning

of the day of election, publish a list of the persons

elected and shall forthwith return the names of the persons

elected to the clerk of the Council.

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