The North-west Frontier Province Local Government (admendment) Act, 1987


THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE LOCAL GOVERNMENT (ADMENDMENT) ACT, 1987:
28th October, 1987.
N.-W. F. P. ACT NO. XXI OF 1987.
[First published after having received the assent of the Governor of the North-West Frontier Province in the Gazette of North- West Frontier Province (Extraordinary), dated the 28th October, 1987].
AN ACT
further to amend the North-West Frontier Province Local Government Ordinance, 1979.


WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the North-West Frontier Province Local Government Ordinance, 1979 (N.-W. F. P. Ord, No. IV of 1979), for the purposes hereinafter appearing;

Preamble

It is hereby enacted as follows:


1.         (1) This Act may be called the North-West Frontier Province Local Government (Amendment) Act, 1987.

Short title and commencement

 (2) It shall come into force at once.


2.         In the North-West Frontier Province Local Government Ordinance, 1979 (N.-W. F. P. Ord No. IV of 1979), in section 28A—

Amendment of section 28A of N W F P Ord IV of 1979

(a)     in sub-section (1).—
(i)      in clause (b), after the words "political party", the words "for the purposes of election" shall be inserted;
(ii)     in clause (c), after the word "flag", the comma and the word, "symbol" shall be inserted; and
(iii)    the full-stop appearing at the end of clause (f) shall be replaced by a colon and thereafter the following proviso shall be added namely:
"Provided that notwithstanding any judgment of any court or Tribunal, a candidate shall not be disqualified from contesting election by reason only of his being a member of a political party.";
(b)     in sub-section (2), the "Explanation" appearing at the end shall be omitted ; and
(c)     sub-section (3) shall be omitted.

 

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