Section 12: Election of Councillors to Village Council

12. Election of Councillors to Village Council (1) The election of Councillors to a Village Council shall be— (a) held in 2012 and thereafter every 6 years or in such other year, and at such date, as the President shall, on the advice of the Prime Minister, appoint; and (b) conducted in accordance with the Representation of the People Act. (2) Subject to the Representation of the People Act, the President shall, for the purpose of an election of Councillors to a Village Council— (a) issue a writ of election; and (b) where necessary, appoint a day on which the poll is to be taken. (3) Where the Electoral Commissioner gives notice of a Village Council election, he shall indicate the number of Councillors to be returned for the Village Council under the simple majority system. (4) Every person entitled to vote at a Village Council election shall not vote for more than the number of Councillors indicated in the notice referred to in subsection (3). (5) Every Village Council, unless sooner dissolved, shall continue for 6 years from the date on which the poll of the return of the entire Village Council is taken and shall terminate on the day preceding nomination day at the next general election of Councillors. (6) Any group presenting more than 2 candidates at a Village Council election shall ensure that not more than two thirds of the group’s candidates are of the same sex. [S. 12 amended by s. 4 of Act 3 of 2015 w.e.f. 9 April 2015.]