17. Section 64 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by repeal of subsection (3) of that section and the substitution of the following subsection therefor:
| " (3) Where all the candidates whose names appear in the nomination paper submitted by any recognized political party or independent group in respect of an electoral district have been exhausted by election or otherwise or where none of the candidates whose names remain on such a nomination paper have secured any preferences, and thereafter a vacancy occurs to be filled by a member nominated by such party or group, the returning officer of such electoral district shall inform the Commissioner,", |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts