140. Section 12 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of subsection (3) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following subsection: -
| " (3) If any person elected as a member of a Town Council refuses or resigns his office, or dies, or vacates the office under subsection (2), or if a casual vacancy occurs in any other manner in such office, such office shall be filled in accordance with the provisions of written law for the time being applicable in that behalf and the person so elected shall hold office until the next succeeding general election of members of that Council.". |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts