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Amendment

of regula- tion 3.

Amendment of regule- tions 4, 9 and 11.

Amendment of regula- tion 7.

Amendment of regula. tion S.

3.

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(c) that in the event of more than four valid nominations being received by him in accord- ance with paragraph (b) an election will be held on a date specified in such notice, not being a date before the 2nd day of Murch or after the 9th day of March:

Provided that the notice of ordinary election published in the year 1956 shall contain a notice of vacancy for six elected members, four to serve as elected members until the 31st day of March, 1959, and two to serve as elected members until the 31st day of March, 1957, and a notice that at an election to fill such vacancies the four candidates who obtained the greatest number of votes in their favour would be thereby elected to hold office until the 31st day of March, 1959, and the two candidates who obtained the next greatest number of votes in their favour would be thereby elected to hold office until the 31st day of March, 1957."',

Regulation 3 of the principal regulations is amended by the addition in paragraph (c) after the word "more" in the first place where it occurs of the word "valid".

Regulations 4, 9 and 1 of the principal regulations are amended by the deletion therein of the words "annual election** wherever they appear and the substitution therefor of the words "ordinary election".

5. Regulation 7 of the principal regulations is amended by the deletion of paragraph (5) and the substitution therefor of the following-

**(s) The decision of the returning officer that a nomina- tion paper is valid shall be final and shall not be questioned in any proceedings whatsoever save and except in an election petition.".

6. Regulation 8 of the principal regulations is amended by the deletion of the full stop at the end thereof and the substitution therefor of a colon and the addition thereto of the following-

"Provided that if the day following the last day for receipt of nomination papers is a Saturday or a (Cap. 149). general holiday by virtue of the Holidays Ordinance,

a notice of withdrawal may be delivered to the return-

ing officer on the next following day which is not a Saturday or a public holiday.",

tion 9.

7. Regulation 9 of the principal regulations is amended by Amendment the deletion in sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (3) of the words of regula "English surnames" and the substitution therefor of the words "surnames in English",

6. Regulation 10 of the principal regulations is amended Amendment

of regula- (a) by the addition in the proviso to paragraph (3) after the tion 10.

word "year" of the words ''in which an ordinary election may be held";

(6) by the deletion in the proviso to paragraph (3) of the word "annual" and the substitution therefor of the word **ordinary*'.

1. Regulation 24 of the principal regulations is amended by Amendmear the addition in paragraph (2) after the word "appointed" where regula it first appears of the following-

"and the polling stations in respect of which each person has been appointed".

tion 24.

10. Regulation 63 of the principal regulations is amended Amendment by the addition in paragraph (1) after the word "as" of the words of regula "'an election agent,".

tion 03.

11. Regulation 6g of the principal regulations is amended Amendment by the addition in paragraph (2) after the words "presiding tion 69.

of regula- officer" where they first appear of the words "and a returning officer".

of

12. The Appendix to the principal regulations is amended- Amendment (a) by the deletion in Forms 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 18 and Appendix.

19 of the word "annual" and the substitution therefor of the word "ordinary";

(b) by the deletion in Forms 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of the word "occupation" and the substitution therefor of the word "description";