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CORRUPT AND ILLEGAL PRACTICES ORDINANCE, 1955.

(No. 20 of 1955).

CORRUPT AND İllegal PRACTICES (URBAN COUNCIL ELECTION EXPENSES) ORDER, 1955.

In exercise of the power conferred by section 13 of the Corrupt and Illegal Practices Ordinance, 1955, the Governor in Council has made the following Order-

1. This Order may be cited as the Corrupt and Illegal Citation. Practices (Urban Council Election Expenses) Order, 1955-

of election

2. Subject to the provisions of paragraphs 3 and 4 hereof, Limitation for the purpose of subsection (z) of section 13 of the Corrupt and expenses. Illegal Practices Ordinance, 1955, the maximum scale of election (20 of

1955). expenses during the election of a member of the Urban Council after such election or within the nine months before the date of such election, shall be $5,000 together with an additional zog for each entry in the register of electors to be used at the election in excess of the first 25,000 entries.

3.

The maximum amount stipulated in paragraph 2 shall Çandi-

dates not be required to cover-

personal expenses.

(a) the candidate's personal expenses including his reason- able travelling expenses and the reasonable expenses of his living at hotels and elsewhere for the purpose of and in relation to the election if a return of such personal expenses is made to the Secretary of the Urban Council within twenty-eight days after the election;

(b) any fee paid by a candidate to his election agent to an

amount not exceeding $1,000.

4. (1) Where there are two or more joint candidates the Joint

candi- maximum amount stipulated in paragraph 2 shall be reduced for dates. each of two joint candidates, by one-quarter, and for each of more than two joint candidates by one-third.