9. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 10, and shall have effect as section 10A, of the principal enactment:-
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| | (1) If the elections officer of the district in which a local authority area is situated, is satisfied that any person whose name has been included as a candidate for election as a member of that local authority, in the nomination paper of a recognized political party, has ceased to be a member of that party, the elections officer shall, subject to the provisions of subsection (2), by notice published in the Gazette declare that such person-
| | | (a) has vacated his office of member, if he had been elected as a member of that local authority; or |
| (b) has forfeited his rights to have his name retained in the nomination paper of that recognized political party for filling any casual vacancy, |
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| | (2) The elections officer shall not publish the notice referred to in sub section (1) except after-
| | | (a) notice to such person and such recognized political party; and |
| (b) expiry of a period of twenty-one days from the date of such notice. |
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| | (3) Whenever any person whose name has been included in the nomination paper of a recognized political party ceases to be a member of such party the secretary of that party shall furnish such information to the elections officer of the district in which the local authority, to which that nomination paper relates, is situated.". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts