Cap 576 s 21 Village by-election to be held to fill vacancy in office of village representative (VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION ORDINANCE)

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Chapter:	576	Title:	VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:	2 of 2003
Section:	21	Heading:	Village by-election to be held to fill vacancy in office of village representative	Version Date:	14/02/2003

(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the Electoral Affairs Commission shall, in accordance with the EAC Regulations, arrange for a village by-election for a Village to be held in the following circumstances and not otherwise-

(a) on the making of a declaration under section 12 as to the existence of a vacancy in the office of village representative for the Village;

(b) on the making of a declaration under section 29(2) that an election for the Village has failed, or has failed to the extent mentioned in section 29(2)(b);

(c) on the making of a declaration under section 30(1) that the proceedings for an election for the Village have been terminated; and

(d) on the making of a declaration under section 30(3) that an election for the Village has failed, or has failed to the extent mentioned in section 30(3)(b).

(2) The Electoral Affairs Commission is not required, on the making of a declaration that an election for a Village has failed as provided in section 29(2)(a), to arrange for a village by-election for the Village to be held if the election declared to have failed is a village by-election that was held on the making of another declaration that an election for the Village has failed as provided in section 29(2)(a).
(3) A village by-election to fill a vacancy in the office of village representative for a Village is not to be held within the 4 months preceding the end of the current term of office of the Village Representative concerned.