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| (1) Where a member of a Development Council ceases, by resignation, expulsion or otherwise, to be a member of a recognized political party or independent group on whose nomination paper his name appeared at the time of his becoming such member, his seat shall become vacant upon the expiration of a period of one month from the date of his ceasing to be such member : |
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| (2) Where the seat of a member of a Development Council becomes vacant by the operation of subsection (1) or section 9 of this Act or the provisions of the Development Councils Act, No. 35 of 1980, the person whose name appears first in order of priority in the nomination paper of the recognized political party or the independent group, as the case may be, (excluding the names of any persons who have previously been declared elected) shall, be declared elected to fill such vacancy. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts