CONSTITUTION ACTS AMENDMENT ACT 1899 - SECT 37

CONSTITUTION ACTS AMENDMENT ACT 1899 - SECT 37

37 .         Office or place vacated in certain cases

        (1)         Subject to subsection (2), this section applies to a person who —

            (a)         holds any office or place mentioned in Part 2 of Schedule V not being an office also mentioned in Part 1 of Schedule V; or

            (b)         is a member of any commission, council, board, committee, authority, trust or other body mentioned in Part 3 of Schedule V.

        (2)         This section does not apply to a person by reason of his being the holder of any office or place, or a member of any body, ex officio as the holder of any of the principal executive offices of the Government liable to be vacated on political grounds.

        (3)         If any person to whom this section applies is declared to be elected as a member of the Legislature, he shall, upon and by virtue of being so declared, vacate the office or place by reason of which this section applies to him.

        [Section 37 inserted: No. 78 of 1984 s. 10.]