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Second
Session, 45th General Assembly 54
Elizabeth II, 2005 |
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AN ACT TO AMEND THE |
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Received and Read the First Time................................................................................................... |
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Royal Assent...................................................................................................................................... |
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HONOURABLE
JACK BYRNE Minister
of Municipal Affairs |
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Ordered
to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly |
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EXPLANATORY NOTES This Bill would amend the City of St. John's Act to provide that the deputy mayor or a councillor who wishes to run in a by-election for the vacated office of mayor must first resign as the deputy mayor or a councillor. In the event of a vacancy in the
office of the deputy mayor, a councillor who wishes to run must first resign. |
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A AN ACT TO AMEND THE Analysis 1. S.15.3 Added Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows: RSNL1990 c-17 1. The City of St. John's Act is amended by adding immediately after section 15.2 the following: Requirement to resign seat 15.3 (1) Where a vacancy occurs in the office of the mayor, the deputy mayor or a councillor who wishes to run for election as mayor in a by-election shall first resign as the deputy mayor or a councillor. (2) Where a vacancy occurs in the office of the
deputy mayor, a councillor who wishes to run for election as the deputy mayor
in a by-election shall first resign as a councillor. (3) A resignation referred to in subsection (1) or
(2) shall be filed with the city clerk before the beginning of the notice
period set out in subsection 14(5) of the Municipal
Elections Act. ŠEarl G. Tucker, Queen's Printer |