Section 3: Establishment of Rodrigues Regional Assembly
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3. Establishment of Rodrigues Regional Assembly
(1) There is established for the purposes of this Act a Rodrigues Regional
Assembly for the Island of Rodrigues.
(2) The Regional Assembly shall be a body corporate and the exercise of
its functions shall be regarded as done on behalf of the Government of the
Republic of Mauritius.
(3) The Regional Assembly shall consist of at least 17 members elected
in accordance with section 4, the Representation of the People Act and regulations made thereunder, 12 of whom shall be local region members and the
other 5 shall be Island region members.
(4) For the purpose of a Regional Assembly election, Rodrigues shall be
divided into 6 local regions, the boundaries of which shall be fixed by the
President, on the recommendations of the Electoral Boundaries Commission,
and each of which shall separately return 2 local region members.
(5) The Regional Assembly, unless sooner dissolved, shall continue for
5 years from the date of the first sitting after any ordinary election, as
provided by section 12, and shall then stand dissolved.
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(6) The President may at any time dissolve the Regional Assembly.
(7) The President, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister, shall, for the purpose of electing a new Regional Assembly, issue a writ
of election as provided by the Representation of the People Act.
[S. 3 amended by s. 3 of Act 29 of 2016 w.e.f. 28 December 2016.]