16. Where any person who is not qualified to be elected as a member of a Development Council
| (a) by reason of his conviction for a corrupt or illegal practice or by reason of the report of an Election Judge under the Ceylon (Parliamentary Elections) Order in Council, 1946, or under the Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981, or by reason of the report of the Supreme Court under the law relating to the election of the President; or |
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| (b) by reason of the imposition of civic disability on him in terms of Article 81 (1) of the Constitution ; or |
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| (c) by reason of his being subject to any of the disqualifications specified in the Local Authorities (Imposition of Civic Disabilities) (No. 1) Law, No. 38 of 1978, or the Local Authorities (Imposition of Civic Disabilities) (No. 2) Law, No. 39 of 1978, signifies his consent to be nominated as a candidate at an election of members of any Development Council, he shall be guilty of an offence, and shall, on conviction before a Magistrate be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding three months or to both such fine and imprisonment. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts