Amendment
(12 of 1966).
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of the final register to be compiled and published on or before the 1st day of April 1967, the final register published by Gazette Notification No. 271 on the 29th day of January 1965 shall, notwithstanding the repeal and replacement by section 7 of the Urban Council (Amendment) Ordinance 1966 of the section pursuant to which that register was compiled and published, be the last previous final register:*:
"qualifying period" for registration as an elector on any register has the meaning assigned thereto by subsection (4) of section 15:"
3. Paragraph (a) of section 3 of the principal Ordinance is of section 3. amended by the deletion of sub-paragraph (ü) thereof and the sub-
stitution therefor of the following new sub-paragraph-
Amendment of section
4.
(i) the Deputy Director of Medical and Health Services for the time being in charge of the Health Division of the Medical and Health Department, who shall be Vice-Chairman;”.
Section 4 of the principal Ordinance is amended by the in- sertion, after subsection (SA), of the following new subsection-
"(5B) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the fore- going subsections of this section—
(a) the five elected members of the Council whose terms of office as such would, but for the provisions of this para- graph, expire on the 31st day of March 1967 shall continue to hold office as such until the 30th day of June 1967, when their terms of office shall expire; and
(5) the members elected to replace them shall each bold office as such from the 1st day of July 1967 until the 31st day of March 1971, when their terms of office shall expire;
and the proviso to subsection (1) shall not apply in respect of an elected member ceasing to be an elected member between the 1st day of January and the 28th day of February 1967, but shall apply in respect of an elected momber ceasing to be an elected member between the 1st day of April and the 31st day of May 1967 as if such period were substituted for the first-mentioned period and a reference to June and to the 30th day of June were respectively substituted for the reference to March and to the 31st day of March.".
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Subsection (1) of section 10 of the principal Ordinance is Amendment amended by the insertion, immediately before the word "Schedule", of section 10.
of the following-
"First".
6. The principal Ordinance is amended by the repeal of Part TV Repeal and and the replacement thereof by the following new Part-
replacement of Part 1V.
Entitlement EO vold,
Qualification for registra tion as on elector.
"PART IV. Franchise,
14A. (1) Subject to the provisions of sections 16 and 17, a person shall be entitled to vote at the election of any ordinary member of the Council if, and shall not be so entitled unless, having regard to the provisions of section 15 he is lawfully registered as an elector on the final register of electors in force on the date of such election.
(2) A person registered as an elector on the final register of electors in force on the date of the election of any ordinary member of the Council shall not be excluded from voting at that election on the ground that, having regard to the provisions of section 15, bis name ought not to be on the final register; but this subsection shall not prevent the rejection of the vote by the Court on an election petition under Part VII or affect his liability to any penalty for voting.
15. (1) Subject to the provisions of sections 15A, 16 and 17, a person shall be entitled to be registered as an elector on any register of electors to be compiled pursuant to section 19 it, and shall not be so entitled unless, either-
(a) he-
(i) was in fact registered as an elector on the last previous final register, and
(ii) was lawfully entitled (whether by virtue of the operation of this paragraph or otherwise) to be registered on that register and each preceding final register (if any) on which his name appeared:
Provided that-
() if a person was in fact registered on the last previous final register, it shall be presumed by the registration officer and, in proceedings