3. Section 4 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :-
| (1) by the repeal of subsection (1) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following new subsection :-
| | " (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Village Councils Ordinance, the Minister may by Order published in the Gazette, appoint an Administrator to administer the affairs of the Village Council. " ; and | | |
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| (2) by the insertion immediately after subsection (2) of that section of the following new subsections :-
| | " (3) At any time after the appointment of an Administrator under subsection (1), to administer the affairs of a Village Council, the Minister may by Order published in the Gazette-
| | | (a) direct that the first general election in accordance with the provisions of the Local Authorities Elections Ordinance shall be held for the election of the Chairman, Vice-Chair- man and the other members of that Village Council: and |
| (b) appoint the date on which the term of office of each member elected at such first general election shall commence. |
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| (4) The Administrator appointed under sub- section (1) shall on the date of commencement of the term of office of the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and other members of the Village Council, cease to hold such office and to administer the affairs of the village council and all the property and the right. under contracts and all the powers of the Village Council deemed to be vested in such Administrator and all the duties and liabilities of the Village Council transferred to such Administrator under subsection (2) shall be vested in, transferred to, and discharged by the Village Council". |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts