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Municipalities (Amendment) Act 2014

REPUBLIC OF VANUATU
MUNICIPALITIES (AMENDMENT)
ACT NO. 29 OF 2014


Arrangement of Sections


REPUBLIC OF VANUATU


Assent: 19/12/2014
Commencement: 27/01/2015


MUNICIPALITIES (AMENDMENT)
ACT NO. 29 OF 2014


An Act to amend the Municipalities Act [CAP 126].


Be it enacted by the President and Parliament as follows-


  1. Amendment

The Municipalities Act [CAP 126] is amended as set out in the Schedule.


  1. Commencement

This Act commences on the day on which it is published in the Gazette.


SCHEDULE


AMENDMENTS OF MUNICIPALITIES ACT [CAP 126]


  1. At the end of section 6

Insert


“6A Ward for contesting


A person may only contest as a candidate in a Municipal election, in the ward in which he or she is registered to vote in.”


  1. Subsection 7(2)

Delete “Minister” substitute “Electoral Commission”


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