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Saving from disqualification in certain cases.
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12.—(1) A councillor of a county or an urban district or an alderman or a councillor of a county or other borough or a commissioner of a town who ceases to be a local government elector in such county, urban district, borough, or town on the coming into force of a new register of local government electors on the 1st day of June next before a triennial election shall not by reason only of such cesser be disqualified from continuing to hold office as such councillor, alderman, or commissioner until the ordinary day of retirement of the councillors of such county or urban district, the aldermen and councillors of such borough, or the commissioners of such town (as the case may be) next after such triennial election.
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(2) The chairman of a county council, urban district council, or commissioners of a town or the mayor of a county or other borough who ceases to be a local government elector in such county, urban district, town, or borough on the coming into force of a new register of local government electors on any 1st day of June shall not by reason only of such cesser be disqualified from continuing to hold office as such chairman or mayor until his successor has been elected at the next ensuing annual meeting or quarterly meeting (as the case may be) of such council or commissioners and has made the declaration accepting office.
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