CO129-609-3 Future policy- draft Municipal Council Ordinance 1-1-1947 - 31-12-1947 — Page 21

PART III

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Filling of casual vacancies in case of elected councillors.

3.67(1)

8.67(2)

When casual vacancy is not to be filled.

8.67(3)

Term of office of persons filling casual vacancies.

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31.

(1) Subject to the provisions of section 32

of this Ordinance, on a casual vacancy occurring among the

elected members of the Council, an election to fill the

vacancy shall be held

(a) in a case in which the Supreme Court or the

Council have declared the office to be vacant,

within thirty days from the date of the declaration;

and

(b) in any other case within thirty days from the date

on which the vacancy is deemed to have occurred;

and shall be conducted in the same manner as an ordinary

election.

(2) The day of election to fill a casual vacancy shall

be fixed by the returning officer..

32. Where a casual vacancy occurs among the members of

the Council within six months before the ordinary day of

retirement of councillors from office, no nomination, appointment

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or election of a person to fill the vacancy shall be made or

held, but the vacancy shall be filled at the time of the next

ordinary election:

Provided that if upon a vacancy, or a number of

simultaneous vacancies, so occurring the total number of

unfilled vacancies in the membership of the Council exceeds

one third of the whole number of members, this section shall

not apply to that vacancy or to those vacancies.

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33. A person nominated, appointed or elected under this

Ordinance to fill a casual vacancy shall hold office until

the date upon which the person in whose place he is nominated,

appointed or elected would regularly have retired, and he

shall then retire.

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