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a City Council, the Mayor, Deputy Mayor and any

Councillor of such Council;

a Municipal Council, the President, Deputy President and any Councillor of such Council;

a Town Council, District Council or Rural District Council, the President, Deputy President and any Councillor or member of such Council;

a Local Council, the Chairman, Deputy Chairman and any member of such Council;

“contested election” means an election at which more candidates have been nominated than there are vacancies to be filled;

“Deputy President” includes a Deputy Mayor or Deputy Chairman;

“election” means an election for the purpose of electing a

Councillor;

“elector” means a person qualified as an elector in accordance with section 17 and entitled to be registered as an elector to vote at an election;

“electoral roll” means an electoral roll kept and maintained under regulations made under section 20;

“electoral ward” means a division of the local area made by the

Election Commission under section 16;

“general election” means an election held pursuant to section 13

or 23;

“local area” means the area under the jurisdiction of a local authority;

“local authority” means the Council of any municipality to which a Constitution has been granted or any Town Board or Rural Board to which a direction has been given under the Local Authorities

Elections Ordinance 1950 [Ord. 52 of 1950], or this Act, or any

Local Council to which a direction has been given under section 5A, as the case may be;

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“Local Council” means a Local Council established under section 4 of the Local Councils Ordinance 1952 [Ord. 36 of 1952];

“municipality” means a municipality created under the provisions of the Municipal Ordinance;

“Municipal Ordinance” means the Municipal Ordinance of the

Straits Settlements [S.S. Cap. 133] in force in the States of Malacca and Penang and as applicable to the States of Johore, Kedah,

Kelantan, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, Perlis, Selangor and

Terengganu by the Municipal Ordinance (Extended Application)

Ordinance 1948 [F.M. 3 of 1948];

“President” includes a Mayor or Chairman;

“registered elector” means in relation to any electoral ward or division an elector whose name at the date of the election appears on the electoral roll for such ward or division; and “registering officer”, “revising officer”, “returning officer” and “Supervisor of

Elections” or “Supervisor” in relation to the local area or an electoral ward or division mean respectively a registering officer, a revising officer, a returning officer and the Supervisor of Elections appointed under section 14 in respect of the local area or an electoral ward or division of the local area;

“State Authority” means the Ruler or Yang di-Pertua Negeri of the State, as the case may require;

“voter” means a person who, whether his name does or does not appear in an electoral roll, applies to vote or votes at an election.