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| (1) A person shall be deemed not to have been disqualified from being elected as a member of a local authority by reason only of the fact that such person was, on the date of such election, being a date after January 1, 1982, and prior to the date of commencement of this Act-
| | (a) a public officer in a Government department holding an office the initial of the salary scale of which is Rs. 6.720 per annum or over; | | |
| | (b) an officer in any public corporation holding an office the initial of the salary scale of which is Rs. 7,200 per annum or over; or | | |
| | (c) a member of the Local Government Service, holding, a post the initial of the salary scale of which is Rs 6,720 per annum or over. | | |
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| (2) Subject to the provisions of subsection (3), a member of a local authority shall be deemed not to have been, or to be, disqualified from sitting or voting as a member of such local authority, by reason only of the fact that he was at any time during 1 the period commencing on January 1, 1982, and ending on the date of commencement of this Act -
| | (a) a public officer in any Government Department holding an office the initial of the salary scale of which is Rs, 6.720 per annum or over; | | |
| | (b) an officer in any public corporation holding an office the initial of the salary scale of which is Rs. 7,200 per annum or over; or | | |
| | (c) a member of the Local Government Service, holding a post the initial of the salary scale of which is Rs. 6,720 per annum or over. | | |
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| (3) Nothing in subsection (2) shall be deemed to have affected, or to affect, the appointment, prior to the date of commencement of this Act, of any person as a member of a local authority to fill any vacancy in such local authority arising by reason of the operation of section 9 (1) (d) (v) or (vi) or section 9 (1) (j) read with section 10 of the principal enactment. |
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| (4) In this section "local authority" has the same meaning as in the principal enactment. |
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