URBAN COUNCIL ELECTION RULES

URBAN COUNCIL ELECTION RULES

URBAN COUNCIL.
URBAN COUNCIL ELECTION RULES.
(Cap. 101).
(Ordinance No. 7 Of 1935).

[8th July, 1927.]

Rules for the. Election of Members of the Urban Council.

1. The Governor may appoint any person to be the Presiding
Officer at elections of members of the Urban Council, and failing any
such appointment the Registrar of the Supreme Court shall be the
Presiding Officer. The Presiding Officer shall have the general conduct
of the election and of the ballot, if any, and, in respect of any matter not
provided for by these rules, or by any other enactment, he may take any
action which is not inconsistent with these rules or with any other
enactment applicable to such matter.

2. When -any vacancy on the Urban Council occurs which
necessitates an election the Presiding Officer shall cause that fact to be
notified in the Gazette and shall in the said notification invite
nominations of candidates to fill the vacancy. Such nominations will be
accepted up to i p.m. on the twelfth day after the date of the Gazette in
which the notification appears. No nomination received by the Presiding
Officer after i p.m. on that day will be valid, provided that if the said
twelfth day is a general holiday nominations will be accepted up to i p.m.
on the first succeeding day which is not a general holiday. Nominations
shall be in writing and shall be signed by two electors and shall be
countersigned by the candidate.

3. If the number of candidates duly nominated does not exceed the
number of vacancies the Presiding Officer shall cause to be notified in
the Gazette the election of the said candidate or candidates.

4. If the number of candidates duly nominated exceeds the number
of vacancies a ballot will be held at such place, on such day, and
between such times, as may be notified





by the Presiding Officer in the Gazette. At least three
weeks shall elapse between the date of the Gazette and the
date fixed for the ballot.

5. The voting shall be by ballot. No elector shall
give more than . one vote in respect of any one candidate.
Candidates shall not, as such, be disqualified from voting.
The Presiding Officer shall cause the name of every elector
voting to be recorded.

6. Subject to the provisions of rule 9, no ballot paper
shall be issued after the later of the two times specified in
the Gazette notification as the times between which the ballot
is to be held, but ballot papers already issued may be filled
up and deposited in the ballot boxes after that time, if so
filled up and deposited forthwith.

7. The candidates and their agents (not exceeding four
in number, in the case of each candidate) may be present
at the opening of the ballot boxes and the counting of the
votes.

8. Whenever it is impossible, owing to equality of
voting, to say which of two or more candidates is or are
entitled to be declared elected the names of such candidates
shall be submitted to another ballot, which shall be held on
such day, at such place, and between such times, as may
be notified by the Presiding Officer in the Gazette.

9. The Presiding Officer in his absolute discretion may
extend the time up to which voting may take place at any
ballot, or may adjourn the ballot to another day, and may
at any time close the ballot after such extension of time or
adjournment.

10. Upon the completion of the balloting in any election
the Presiding Officer shall cause to be notified in the Gazette
the names of the candidates and the number of votes obtained
by each, and the candidates or the two candidates, according
to the number of vacancies, who shall have obtained the
highest number of votes shall thereupon be deemed to have
been elected.

11. These rules may be cited as the Urban Council
Election Rules.
Ord. 7 of 1935, s. 4, G.N. 408/27.

Ord. 7 of 1935, s. 4, G.N. 408/27.

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