38. Section 30 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :-
| (1) by the repeal of subsection (2) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following subsection:-
| | " (2) Where the nomination paper of an independent group is rejected under the provisions of section 31, the deposit shall be returned to the person who made the deposit."; | | |
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| (2) by the repeal of subsection (3) of that section; |
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| (3) by the repeal of subsection (4) of that section, and the substitution therefor of the following subsection:-
| | " (4) Where none of the candidates nominated by any independent group is elected and where the number of votes polled by such independent group does not exceed one-eighth of the total number of votes polled at that election, the deposit made in respect of the candidates of such group shall be declared forfeit and shall be transferred by the returning officer with whom it was made from the deposit account to the Consolidated Fund, and in every other case the deposit shall be returned to the person who made the deposit, as soon as may be after the result of the election is declared"; and | | |
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| (4) by the repeal of subsection (5) of that section. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts