Chapter:	576	Title:	VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:	2 of 2003
Section:	30	Heading:	When election proceedings are terminated or when an election fails	Version Date:	14/02/2003

(1) If, on the date of an election for a Village but before the close of polling for the election, it comes to the knowledge of the Returning Officer for the Village that a validly nominated candidate for election for the Village has died or is disqualified from being elected, the Officer shall, in accordance with the EAC Regulations, publicly declare that the proceedings for the election are terminated.
(2) If, after the close of polling for an election for a Village but before declaring the result of the election, it comes to the knowledge of the Returning Officer for the Village that a validly nominated candidate for election for the Village has died or is disqualified from being elected, the proceedings for the election are not to be terminated at that stage. If the counting of votes in respect of the election has not begun or is being conducted, the counting of votes is to begin or to continue as if the death or disqualification had not occurred.
(3) If, after the counting of votes is finished, the candidate mentioned in subsection (2) is found to be successful at the election, the Returning Officer shall, in accordance with the EAC Regulations, publicly declare the election-

(a) to have failed; or
(b) (where more than one Village Representative is to be returned for the Village at the election and there is another candidate returned for the Village) to have failed to the extent that the number of candidates returned for the Village at the election was less than the number of Village Representatives to be returned for the Village at the election.