CO129-609-3 Future policy- draft Municipal Council Ordinance 1-1-1947 - 31-12-1947 — Page 15

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PART III

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Qualifications for election and holding of office as a member of the Council.

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age

30

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in any other case, on the expiration of five

years from the date of his discharge;

(iii) the disqualification attaching to a person by

reason of his having made a composition or

arrangement with his creditors shall cease,

(a) if he pays his debts in full, on the date on

which the payment is completed; or

(b) in any other case, on the expiration of five

years from the date on which the terms of the

deed of composition or arrangement were

fulfilled;

(iv) for the purposes of paragraphs (d), (e) and (f) of

this section, the ordinary date on which the period

allowed for making an appeal or application with

respect to the surcharge or conviction expires or,

if such an appeal or application is made, the date

on which the appeal or application is finally

disposed of or abandoned or fails by reason of

non-prosecution thereof, shall be deemed to be the

date of the surcharge or conviction as the case 1

may be.

21. A person of either sex shall, unless disqualified

by virtue of this Ordinance or any other enactment, be

qualified to be elected, nominated or appointed and to be a

member of the Council if he is entitled to be and is

registered as an elector for the purpose of the election of

members of the Council, and

.

(a) is able to speak, read and write the English

language; and

(b) being a British subject of whatsoever race, or being

a person of European race other than a British

subject, has at the date of his nomination es 2.

candidate for election as a member of the Council

or his nomination or appointment as such a member

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