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amount not exceeding one thousand dollars in

respect of each such candidate".

Amendment of paragraph 4.

4.

Paragraph 4 of the principal order is amended by

deleting sub-paragraph (1) and substituting the following -

""

(1) Where there are two or more joint

candidates the maximum scale of election expenses

allowable under paragraph 2 shall, in respect of each

joint candidate, be six thousand dollars together

with an additional twenty cents for each entry in the

register of electors to be used at the election in

excess of the first twenty-five thousand entries.".

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

1972.

Clerk of Councils.

Explanatory Note

(This Note is not part of the order, but is

intended to indicate its general purport.)

The effect of the amendment of this order is

to increase the amount which may be incurred by a candidate

as election expenses.