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ACT III OF 2013 ACT III OF 2013 BALOCHISTAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2013 An Act further to amend the Balochistan Local Government Act, 2010 (Act No. V of 2010) [Gazette of Balochistan, Extraordinary, 5th September, 2013] 4. Amendment of Section 30, Act No. V of 2010.--In said Act, in section 30 in subsection (1), the full-stop appearing at the end shall be substituted by a colon and thereafter the following proviso shall be added, namely:-- "Provided that if the dates of such election are in clash with the dates for holding election/bye-election to National or Provincial Assembly or Senate the election or a bye-election of a Local council shall be deferred."; (b) for subsection (2) the following shall be substituted, namely-‑- "(2) if a seat of a member becomes vacant during the term of office of a Council, a new member shall be elected through by-election and the member elected in by-election shall hold office for the remaining portion of the term of the Council: Provided that if the vacancy in the office of member occurs within four months of the expiry of the term of a Local Council, the vacancy shall not be filled."; (c) after subsection (2) as so amended hereinabove, the following new subsection shall be inserted, namely:-‑ "(2-A) All by-election for the vacant seats of members of Councils shall be held once a year on a date or dates fixed by the Election Commission of Pakistan. "(2-B) The period of one year referred to in subsection (2-A) shall be computed from the date of assumption of office of the Council. (d) in subsection (3), for the words "fifteen days" the words "sixty days" shall substituted.