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Election of Senators.
Appointment of Senators.
CEYLON GOVT. GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY - MAY 17, 1946
The House of Representatives.
Provided that
(a) a person who is elected or appointed a Senator to fill a casual vacancy shall be deemed to be elected or appointed to serve only for the remainder of his predecessor's term of office.
(b) a person who is elected or appointed to fill a vacancy caused by the termination of a Senator's period of office by effluxion of time shall, for the purposes of.this Section, be deemed to have been elected or appointed on such termination.
(5) A separate election shall be held for the filling of each casual vacancy among the elected Senators.
(6) A retiring Senator shall, if otherwise qualified, be eligible for re-election or re-appointment from time to time.
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(7) In this Section, the expression
"casual vacancy means a vacancy occurring otherwise than by the termination of a Senator's period of office by effluxion of time.
9. (1) After the first election under Section 17 of this Order of the Speaker, the Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees, and the Deputy Chairman of Committees, the House of Represent- atives shall, before proceeding to any other business, elect fifteen Senators; and thereafter, as soon as may be after the occurrence
of a a vacancy among the elected Senators, the House of
Representatives shall elect a person to fill such vacancy.
(2) The election of Senators shall, whenever such election is contested, be according to the principle of proportional representation, each voter having one transferable vote.
(3) As soon as may be after the election of a Senator, the Clerk to the House of Representatives shall communicate to the Governor and to the Clerk to the Senate the name of the person elected.
10. (1) As soon as may be after the first election of Senators under Section 9 of this Order, the Governor shall appoint fifteen Senators, and thereafter, whenever there is a vacancy among the appointed Senators, the Governor shall appoint a person to fill the
vacancy:
Provided that, if there is at the same time a vacancy among the elected Senators, the Governor may defer filling the vacancy among the appointed Senators until the vacancy among the elected Senators has been filled.
(2) Whenever a person is appointed a Senator under this Section, the Governor shall cause to be sent to the Clerk to the Senate a certificate signed by the Governor setting out the name of the person appointed and the date of appointment. Such certificate shall be conclusive for all purposes and shall not be questioned in any court of law.
(3) In the exercise of his functions under this Section the Governor shall endeavour to appoint persons who, in his judgment, have rendered distinguished public service or are persons of eminence in professional, commercial, industrial or agricultural life, including education, law, medicine, science, engineering and banking. For the purpose of making any appointment under this Section the Governor may consult persons or bodies who he is satisfied are representative of any profession or occupation.
11. (1) Subject to the provisions of Section 74 of this Order, the House of Representatives shall consist of the Members elected by the electors of the several electoral districts constituted in accordance
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