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MY FOURTH IPT:

REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT: WHITE PAPER : AMENDMENTS

(CHAPTER IV AND V)

CHAPTER IV THE DISTRICT BOARDS AND THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS:

(A) AMEND CHAPTER NUMBER TO ''CHAPTER V'

(B)

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RENUMBER PARAS 31 TO 44 AS PARAS 45 TO 58. REFERENCES IN (C)

TO (H) BELOW WILL BE TO THE NEW PARA NUMBERS.

(C)

PARA 50, FIRST SENTENCE: FOR ''CHANGE' SIGNIFICANTLY''.

READ ''BE CHANGED

DELETE THE SEMI-COLON

TAKE ACCOUNT OF''

(D) PARA 50, SECOND SENTENCE: AFTER 2:

AND THE WORDS ''IT WILL CONTINUE AND ''SUBSTITUTE THEREFORE THE FOLLOWING: '' BUT ACCOUNT WILL

BE TAKEN OF''.

(E)

PARA 52: DELETE FINAL SENTENCE.

(F)

(G)

(H)

PARA 53. ADD A NEW FINAL SENTENCE AS FOLLOWS: ''SUCH A LINK WOULD THEN OBVIATE THE NEED FOR MEMBERS OF THE URBAN COUNCIL TO SIT ON URBAN DISTRICT BOARDS.''.

PARA 54: FOR ''THERE IS A STRONG CASE FOR READ 'SUCH A DEVELOPMENT WOULD HAVE THE ADDED MERIT OF'', AND AFTER ''IN TURN'' INSERT 'BEING'',

PARA 55, SECOND SENTENCE: FOR ''THEN'' READ ''AT THE SAME

TIME''.

2.

CHAPTER V

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THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL:

(A)

AMEND CHAPTER NUMBER TO ''CHAPTER IV''.

(B) RENUMBER PARAS 45 TO 58 AS PARAS 31 TO 44. REFERENCES IN (C)

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