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CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 64 of 1976 - SECT 3

Interpretation.
3. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended-

(a) by inserting in sub-section (1), after the definition of ''Deputy
President'', the following definition:-

'' 'Direct voting system', in relation to an election for an office in an
organization, means a method of election of the kind referred to in paragraph
(a) of sub-section (1) of section 133;'';

   (b)  by inserting in sub-section (1), after the definition of
        ''Organization'', the following definition:-

'' 'Postal ballot' means a ballot for the purposes of which a ballot paper is
to be sent by prepaid post to each person entitled to vote and facilities are
to be provided for the return of the completed ballot paper by post by the
voter without expense to him;''; and

   (c)  by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:-

''(4) A reference in this Act to an office in, or an office within, an
association or organization shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be
read as including a reference to an office in a branch of the association or
organization.''. 


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