14. Where any person who is elected as a member of a Village Council decides for any reason not to serve as a member thereof, he may relinquish the office-
| (a) by a written communication of his refusal of office to the elections officer of the district in which the village area for which the Council is constituted is situated, at any time before the date fixed for the first meeting of the Council to be held after his election, or |
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| (b) by a written communication of his resignation of office to such elections officer, either direct or through the Chairman, at any time after such first meeting. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts