97. Section 13 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of subsection (3) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following sub-section : -
| " (3) If any person elected as a Councillor refuses or resigns his office, or dies, or vacates his office under subsection (2) or if a casual vacancy occurs in any other manner in such office, the Mayor or the Commissioner, as the case may be, shall send a written communication to that effect to the elections officer. Upon the receipt of such communication, the elections officer shall proceed to fill the vacancy in accordance with the provisions of the Local Authorities Elections Ordinance, and the person thereupon elected shall serve as a Councillor until the expiry of the term of office of the Councillors elected at the last preceding general election.". |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts