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| (1) Notwithstanding anything in section 10 of the Municipal Councils Ordinance or in the Order made under that section and published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 453/4 of May 12, 1987, the term of office of members of each of the Municipal Councils specified ,in Schedule II to this Act, holding office on the day preceding the first day of January, 1988, is hereby extended from the first day of January, 1988, until the first day of January, 1989, or such earlier date as the Minister may appoint, by Order published in the Gazette; and such first day of January or the date so appointed, shall for the purposes of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 10 of the Municipal Councils Ordinance, be the date of commencement of the term of office of the new members elected to each such Council. |
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| (2) Notwithstanding anything in section 10 of the Urban Councils Ordinance or in the Order made under that section and published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 453/4 of May 12, 1987, the term of office of the members of each of the Urban Councils Specified in Schedule III to this Act, holding office on the day preceding the first day of January, 1988; is hereby extended from the first day of' January; 1988, until the first day of January, 1989, or such earlier date as the Minister may appoint, ,by Order published in the Gazette; and such first day of January or the date so appointed shall, for the purposes of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 10 of the Urban Councils Ordinance, be the date of commencement of the term-of office of the new members elected to each such Council. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts