BALOCHISTAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2013

BALOCHISTAN         PROVINCIAL             ASSEMBLY            SECRETARIAT.

NOTIFICATION.

Dated Quetta, the 05^th   September, 2013.

No.PAB/Legis: V (03)/2013.        The Balochistan Local Government (Amendment) Bill 2013, Bill No.III of 2013, having been passed by the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan on 30^th August,2013 and assented to by the Governor, Balochistan on 04^th  September,2013 is hereby published as an Act of the Balochistan  Provincial Assembly.

THE BALOCHISTAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2013

                                                         (ACT NO. III OF 2013)

(First published after having received the assent of the Governor Balochistan in the      Balochistan Gazette (Extra-ordinary) dated 05^th September, 2013.

                                                                               AN 

                                                                             ACT

further to amend the Balochistan Local Government Act, 2010 (Act No. V of 2010).

Preamble.                 WHEREAS, it is expedient further to amend the Balochistan Local Government Act, 2010 (Act No. V of 2010), for the purposes hereinafter appearing.
	It is hereby enacted as follows:-
Short tiltle and        1.	(1)       This Act may be called the Balochistan Local
commencement	Government (Amendment) Act, 2013.
	(2)       It shall come into force at once.
Amendment in         2.	In the Balochistan Local Government Act, 2010 (Act No. V of
Section 16, Act No.V	2010), hereinafter refer to as the said Act, in section 16, the
Of 2010.	Second proviso to sub-section (2) shall be omitted.
Amendment of        3.	In the said Act, in section 25, the compound word “Non-
Section 25, Act No. V	party”, appearing in the marginal heading and the section, the word “party” shall be substituted.
Amendment of        4.	In said Act, in section 30,.—
Section 30, Act No. V	(a)       in sub-section (1), the full-stop appearing at the end shall be substituted by a colon and thereafter the following proviso shall be added, namely:-
	“Provided that if the date of such election are
	are in clash with the dates for holding election /bye election to National or Provincial Assembly or Senate the election or a bye election of a Local council shall be deferred.”;
	(b)       for sub-section (2) the following shall be substituted,

namely:-

                                 “(2)     if a seat of a member becomes vacant during

the term of office of a Council, a new member shall be elected through by-election and the member elected in by-election shall hold office for the remaining portion of the term of the Council:

                                 Provided that if the vacancy in the office of member

occurs within four months of the expiry of the term of a Local Council, the vacancy shall not be filled.”;

(c)        after sub-section (2), as so amended hereinabove, the following new sub-section shall be inserted, namely:-

         “(2-A)             All by-election for the vacant seats of members of Councils shall be held once a year on a date or dates fixed by the Election Commission of Pakistan.

         (2-B)  The period of one year referred to in sub-section (2-A) shall be computed from the date of assumption of office of the Council.

(d)       in sub-section (3), for the words “fifteen days” the words “sixty days” shall substituted.

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                                                  Secretary.                    

                                                                                               

No.PAB/Legis: V (03)/2013.                           Dated Quetta, the 05th September, 2013.