3. Section 28 of the principal enactment, as last amended by Act No. 24 of 1987, is hereby further amended as follows :
| (1) by the insertion immediately after subsection (1) of that section of the following new subsections:
| | " (1A) Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in this Act, in each nomination paper submitted in respect of an election for the electoral areas of a local authority, not less than forty per centum of the total number of candidates nominated in such nomination paper shall consist of youth. | | |
| | (1B) The Commissioner shall by notice published in the Gazette, specify the number of youth candidates to be nominated in respect of each local authority. Where the total number of youth candidates to be nominated is such, that forty per centum of that number would be an integer and a fraction, the nearest integer to that integer and fraction shall be deemed to be the forty per centum- for purposes of this subsection.''; and | | |
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| (2) in subsection (2) of that section by the substitution for the words "elected for that local authority increased by three. ", of the words "elected for that local authority increased by six or by one-third of such number of members, whichever is less. " ; |
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| (3) by the insertion immediately after subsection (4) of that section, of the following new subsection :
| | "(4A) A certified copy of the birth Certificate of every youth candidate whose name appears in the nomination paper or an affidavit signed by such youth candidate, certifying his date of birth shall be attached to such nomination paper. ". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts