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are necessary to fill the vacancies specified in the notice convening the College. No person shall be eligible for election unless he has been nominated in accordance with the provisk ns of this section and no candidate shall be declared elected unless he receives not less than two-thirds of the votes of the members of the Electoral College voting if after a ballot has been taken for a part.cular vacancy, no candidate has obtained two-thirds of the votes of the menbers of the College voting, the Chairman may direct that further ballots shall be taken erther until a candidate has secured the necessary number of votes or the Chairman is satisfied that no useful purpose will be served by continuing the ballot at that time In the latter case, it shall be the duty of the Chairnian to adjourn the meeting of the College for the purpose of securiny further nonunations for the vacancy in question under the provisions of subsections (4) and (5) of this section, whercupon the Electoral College shall resume its sitting and proceed to elect a candidate to fill such vacancy. (7) The Chairman of the College shall report to the Officer Administering the Government the names and descriptions of the candidates duly elected as members of the Constitutional Council. stating the date on which each member shall commence his tenure of office, and the Officer Administering the Government shall cause such information to be published in the Gazette. 91. (1) The Chairman and members of the Constitutional Remuncra. Council shall receive such remuneration as may from time to time tion of members of be determined by a law of the Legislature. the Council and other (2) The remuneration of any person as the Chairman or as expenses a member of the Council shall not be reduced during his con- tinuance in office and shall be charged on and paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund. Part 2--Functions of the Convitutional Council Interpreta- tion 92. For the purposes of sections 93 to 98-- "adverse report" means a report of the Constitutional Coun- cil stating that, in the opinion of the Council, some specified provision of a law is, or some specified pro- Vision of a Bill would be, if enacted, inconsistent with the Declaration of Rights, "inconsistent with the Declaration of Rights" means incon- sistent with or in contravention of any provision con- tained in sections 66 to 77 of Chapter VII.

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