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Triennial elections of conservators.
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27.—(1) Each board of conservators shall, in each election year, appoint, in respect of each electoral division forming part of its fishery district, such day in the month of October in that election year and such time and place as it thinks fit for the holding of a meeting of the electorate of that electoral division for that election year, and shall publish fourteen days' notice in two or more newspapers circulating in its fishery district of the day, time and place so appointed by it.
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(2) If a board of conservators fails to appoint, in accordance with subsection (1) of this section, a day, time and place for the holding of a meeting of the electorate of an electoral division for any election year, the Minister may appoint the said day, time and place.
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(3) On the day and at the time and place appointed under subsection (1) or subsection (2) of this section for the holding of a meeting of the electorate of an electoral division for any election year, such meeting shall be held and there shall be elected thereat the appropriate number of conservators for that electoral division.
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(4) The following provisions shall have effect in relation to every election of conservators for an electoral division to be held in pursuance of this Act in an election year at a meeting of the electorate of that electoral division for that election year:—
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(a) in this subsection the word “elector” means a person who is one of the said electorate and includes, where the Minister is an elector, a proxy of the Minister,
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(b) no person other than the Minister, shall be entitled to vote by proxy,
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(c) the electors present at the meeting shall elect from their number a chairman of the meeting,
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(d) every elector present shall be entitled to vote thereat, in accordance with the provisions of section 24,
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(e) as soon as may be after the close of the election the chairman shall count the votes received and declare the result of the election,
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(f) the chairman shall thereupon certify under his hand the election of each conservator and furnish him with a certificate which shall be sufficient evidence of his election,
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(g) the chairman shall within four days after the meeting send to the Minister a return showing the name, residence and post town of each conservator elected,
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(h) if the electors neglect to attend such meeting or fail to elect conservators, the conservators of any other one or more electoral division or divisions of the same fishery district for which conservators are elected in that election year may nevertheless act in all matters and things relating to such district.
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(5) The Minister may make regulations containing such provisions, not inconsistent with this Act, as he thinks proper in relation to elections of the conservators for an electoral division and every such election shall be carried out in accordance with such regulations.
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