CO129-609-3 Future policy- draft Municipal Council Ordinance 1-1-1947 - 31-12-1947 — Page 8

PART II

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(c) If in the event of a contested ordinary

election on the occasion whereof one or more Portuguese

or Indian candidates is or are validly nominated and has

or have gone to the poll, no Portuguese candidate or

Indian candidate, as the case may be, is found on the

count to have received a sufficient number of votes to

secure his inclusion in the ten candidates at the head of

the poll, then the Portuguese candidate or Indian candidate,

as the case may be, who has received the majority of votes

cast for the Portuguese or Indian Candidates respectively

shall be declared to be elected irrespective of the number

of votes secured by him or them and shall displace in the

order of candidates at the head of the poll the candidate

or candidates securing the lowest number or numbers of votes

who would, in the absence of this provision, have been

declared to have been elected.

"

Chairman of

the Council.

s.3 s.18

Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Council.

8. (1) The Chairman of the Council shall be

elected annually by the members of the Council fron among

such members.

(2) The Chairman shall, unless he resigns or ceases

to be qualified or becomes disqualified, continue in

office until his successor becomes entitled to act as

Chairman.

(3) During his term of office, the Chairman shall

continue to be a member of the Council notwithstanding

the provisions of this Ordinance relating to the retirement

of Councillors at the end of three years.

(5A)