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| (1) Section 183 of the Town Councils Ordinance is hereby amended as follows: -
| | (a) in sub-section (6) of that section,
| | | (i) by the substitution, for the words " that town, all the property " of the words " that town, such Special Commissioner or Commissioners shall be the successor or successors of the dissolved Council and all the property ", and |
| (ii) by the substitution, for the words " until the Minister otherwise directs. " of the following :- |
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| | (b) by the addition, at the end of that section, of the following sub-sections: -
| | | " (7) At any time after the appointment of a Special Commissioner or Commissioners to administer the affairs of a town upon the dissolution of the Town Council for that town, the Minister may, by Order published in the Gazette,-
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| (8) Where upon the termination of the administration of the affairs of a town by a Special Commissioner or Commissioners, a new Town Council is constituted for that town, the new Council shall be the successor of the Special Commissioner or Commissioners, as the case may be, and the provisions of sections 233 to 240 shall, with the necessary modifications, apply to the case of the constitution of the new Council in the same manner as if all references to any local authority or authorities in those sections were references to the Special Commissioner or Commissioners. |
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| (2) The provisions of sub-section (1) of this section shall be deemed to have come into effect on the date of commencement of the Town Councils Ordinance. |
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