Article 8 Amendment of section 29 of Constitution

(1)

Section 29 of the Constitution shall be amended:

(a)

by deleting subsection (1);

(b)

in subsection (2), by deleting the words “nominated or” and “appointment or”;

(c)

in subsection (3), by substituting the word “An” for the words “ A nominated or”;

(d)

in subsection (3)(d), by deleting the words “appointment or” and “ (in the case of an elected member)”; and

(e)

in subsection (4)(a), by deleting the words “nominated or”.

(2)

The proviso to section 29(3)(e) of the Constitution shall be replaced by the following:

“Provided that, if in the circumstances it appears to the Council to be just so to do, the Council may exempt any member from vacating his seat under the provisions of this paragraph if that member, before becoming a party to such contract as aforesaid, or before or as soon as practicable thereafter becoming otherwise interested in such contract (whether as a partner in a firm or as a director or manager of a company) discloses to the Council the nature of such contract and his interest, or the interest of such firm or company, therein.”.