30. Section 27 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :-
| (1) by the repeal of subsection (1) of that section and the substitution therefor, of the following subsection:- "
(1) For the purpose of every general election of the members of a local authority, the elections officer of the district in which the electoral area of such authority is situated shall appoint a person, by name or by office, to be or to act as the returning officer of such electoral area for the purpose of the election.". |
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| (2) by the repeal of subsections (2) and (3) of that section; and |
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| (3) by the repeal of subsection (5) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following subsection :-
| | "(5) Any elections officer may exercise, discharge and perform, in any electoral area in his district, the powers, functions and duties vested in, assigned to or imposed on returning officers by or under this Ordinance.". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts