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| (1) Where in the case of any Development Council area, the candidates of only one recognized political party or one independent group stand duly nominated for election, then
| | (a) such number of candidates in the order in which their names appear in such nomination paper, as is equivalent to the number of members to be elected for that Development Council shall be declared elected by the returning officer ; and | | |
| | (b) the candidate whose name appears first in the nomination paper referred to in this subsection shall be declared elected the Chairman of the Development Council by the returning officer. | | |
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| (2) The returning officer shall forthwith make a return which shall be substantially in form B set out in the First Schedule to this Act, to the Commissioner who shall cause the names of the members and the name of the Chairman so elected to be published in the Gazette. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts