74. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 69, and shall have effect as section 69A, of the principal enactment:-
| 69A. The death or withdrawal or disqualification under this Ordinance for election or for sitting and voting as a member, whether before or after the general election of the members of a local authority, of any person or persons nominated by a recognized political party or independent group for election at that general election shall not invalidate or in any way affect the nomination paper of that party or group, and accordingly the candidature or election of any other person nominated by that party or group on that nomination paper shall not be invalidated by reason only of the fact of the death, withdrawal or disqualification of such person or persons.". |
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