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ORDINANCE II OF 2005 ORDINANCE II OF 2005. Balochistan Local Government (Amendment) Ordinance 2005 An Ordinance further to amend the Balochistan Local Government Ordinance, 2001 [Gazette of Balochistan, Extraordinary, 6th June, 2005] 18. Amendment of section 42, Ordinance XVIII of 2001.--In the said Ordinance, in section 42,-‑ (a) in subsection (3), for the fullstop at the end a colon shall be substituted and thereafter the following proviso shall be added, namely:-‑ "Provided that the member presiding the meeting shall not vote except in the case of equality of votes"; (b) for subsection (4) the following shall be substituted, namely: "(4) In the first meeting of the Council to be convened and presided over by the Returning Officer nominated by the Chief Election Commissioner, the members of the Zila Council shall elect from amongst themselves a Naib Zila Nazim securing majority votes of total membership of the Council through a secret ballot. (4A) The Naib Zila Nazim elected under subsection (4) shall be the Convener of the Zila Council and shall preside its meetings and shall perform such other functions as are assigned to him by the Zila Nazim.": and (c) for subsection (5) the following shall be substituted, namely:-‑ "(5) After the election of Naib Zila Nazim, the Zila Council shall, in order of precedence elect a panel of not less than three members as presiding officers securing highest number of votes who shall, in the absence of, or in case of the suspension of, Naib Zila Nazim, or where a no confidence motion has been moved against him, convene and preside over the meetings of the Zila Council.".