Section 228: Bye-elections

228. Bye-elections.—When the seat of a Member of a local government becomes vacant and bye-election is required to fill the seat under the applicable local government law, the Commission shall, by notification in the official Gazette, call upon the constituency or electoral college to elect a person to fill the seat on such date as may be specified in the notification and the provisions of this Act, the Rules and applicable local government law shall apply to the election to fill such seat.

Effective date: 2017-10-02

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