2. Section 15 of the Provincial Councils Elections Act, No. 2 of 1988 (hereinafter referred to as the "principal enactment ") is hereby amended by the repeal of subsection (3) thereof, and the substitution therefor, of the following subsection :
| "(3) Where none of the candidates nominated by an independent group for an administrative district are elected to the Provincial Council from that administrative district, the deposit made in respect of the candidates of such group shall be declared forfeit and shall be transferred by the returning officer from the deposit account to the Consolidated Fund, and in every other ease, 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.". |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts