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CEYLON GOVT. GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY
Cap. 2.
Establishment of Delimitation Commissions.
Duties of Delimitation Commissions.
MAY 17, 1946
(2) The provisions of subsection (1) of this Section shall a apply in relation to any Ceylon Government stock issued after the date upon which this Part of this Order comes into operation which, at the request of the Government of the Island, has been included in the list kept by the Treasury of the United Kingdom, in conformity with the provisions of Section 2 of the Colonial Stock Act, 1900, of securities in which a trustee may invest.
(3) Wherever any such law has been disallowed by His Majesty, the Governor shall cause notice of such disallowance to be published in the Government Gazette.
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(4) Every law so disallowed shall cease to have effect as soon as notice of such disallowance shall be published as aforesaid; and thereupon any enactment repealed or amended by or in pursuance of the law disallowed shall have effect as if such law had not been made. Subject as aforesaid the provisions of Section 6 of the Interpretation Ordinance shall apply.
PART IV,
DELIMITATION OF ELECTORAL DISTRICTS.
40.-(1) Within one year after the completion of every general census of the Island following the general census of 1946, the Governor shall establish a Delimitation Commission.
(2) Every Delimitation Commission established under this Section shall consist of three persons appointed by the Governor who shall endeavour to select persons who are not actively engaged in politics. The Governor shall appoint one of such persons to be the Chairman.
(3) If any member of a Delimitation Commission shall die, or resign, or shall become, in the opinion of the Governor, incapable of discharging his functions as such, the Governor shall, in accord- ance with the provisions of subsection (2) of this Section, appoint another person in his place.
(4) In making appointments under this Section the Governor shall act in his discretion.
41.-(1) Every Delimitation Commission established under Section 40 of this Order shall divide each Province of the Island into a number of electoral districts ascertained as provided in subsection (2) of this Section and shall assign names thereto.
(2) The total number of persons who, according to the last preceding general census, were for the time being resident in the Province shall be ascertained to the nearest 75,000. In respect of each 75,000 of this number the Delimitation Commission shall allot one electoral district to the Province and shall add a further number of electoral districts (based on the number of square miles in the Province at the rate of one additional electoral district for each 1,000 square miles of arca calculated to the nearest 1,000) as follows:-
Western Province Central Province
Southern Province
Northern Province
Eastern Province
North-Western Province
North-Central Province
Province of Uva
Province of Sabaragamuwa
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