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Interpretation.

(Cap. 254)

Flz Schedule.

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2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires-

"appointed member" means a person who has been appointed by the Governor to act as a member of the Council in accordance with the provisions of section 9;

"auxiliary force" means any of the auxiliary forces as defined in section 2 of the Auxiliary Forces Pay and Allowances Ordinance;

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"candidate" means a person who has been nominated and who has consented to nomination as a candidate for election as an elected member;

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"Chairman" means any person elected to be Chairman of the

Council under section, 20:

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“Council" means the Urban Council incorporated under section 3;

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"elected member" means a person who has been elected to act as a member of the Council in accordance with the provisions of the First Schedule;

“elector" means a person who is registered as an elector in accord- ance with the provisions of paragraph 7 of the First Schedule:

"extraordinary election" means an election held to fill a vacancy declared under section 18 or in lieu of any election which has been countermanded in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 13(2) of the First Schedule.

"last previous final register" means the final register published on or before the 1st day of January 1973 and any final register published pursuant to paragraph 7(1)(b) of the First Schedule:

"member" means either an elected member or an appointed

member;

"ordinary election" means an election held to fill vacancies caused

by the expiration of the term of office of elected members;

"qualifying period" for registration as an elector on any register has the meaning assigned thereto by paragraph 2(5) of the First Schedule:

"register" means a register of electors prepared in accordance

with the provisions of paragraph 7 of the First Schedule:

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"registration officer" means a person appointed by the Governor to be a registration officer in accordance with paragraph 6 of the First Schedule and also an assistant registration officer,

"returning officer" means such officer as shall have been appointed by the Governor as returning officer in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 12 of the First Schedule and also an assistant returning officer:

"Secretary" means any person appointed by the Governor to be Secretary of the Council under section 28 and also an assistant secretary:

"standing committee" means the standing committee established

under section 30(2).

PART II

INCORPORATION AND CONSTITUTION

3. The Urban Council shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and shall and may sue and be sued in the corporate name of the Urban Council,

4. (1) The Council shall have fixing of the seal shall-

Incorporation.

common seal, and the

Seal

(a) be authorized or ratified by resolution of the Council:

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(b) be authenticated by the signatures of the Chairman and any member of the Council, authorized by resolution of the Council either generally or specially to act for that purpose.

(2) Any document purporting to be a document duly executed under the seal of the Council shall be received in evidence and shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to be a document so executed.

5. Any contract or instrument which, if entered into or executed by a person not being a body corporate, would not be required to be under seal may be entered into or executed on behalf of the Council by any person generally or specially authorized by the Council for that purpose.

Certain con- tracts and instruments not required to be under scal.