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BALOCHISTAN STATUTES BALOCHISTAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION (THIRD AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE, 2001 ORDINANCE XII OF 2001 An Ordinance further to amend the Balochistan Local Government Election Ordinance, 2000 [Gazette of Balochistan, Extraordinary, 9th July, 2001] No. Legis.-1-122(Law)/2000-III, dated 9-7-2001.---The following Ordinance made by the Governor of Balochistan on 5th July, 2001, is hereby published for general information:-- 5. Amendment of section 16 of Ordinance VI of 2000.--In the said Ordinance, for subsections (2) and (3) of section 16, the following shall be substituted:-- "(2) The Nazim and the Naib Nazim of a District Government or a Town Government or a Tehsil Government securing as joint candidates more than 50 % of votes shall be declared elected. (3) In case a Zila Nazim and a Naib Zila Nazim or a Town Nazim and Naib Town Nazim or a Tehsil Nazim and a Naib Tehsil Nazim do not secure more than 5010 of the total votes of the members of the union councils in the district, there shall be held a fresh election, within one week of the first election, in which the joint candidates for such offices securing the highest and the second highest number of votes shall be contestants, and the joint candidates securing the highest number of votes in the fresh election shall be declared elected.".