{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/turks-and-caicos-islands-constitution-order-2011/schedule-2/paragraph-59",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/turks-and-caicos-islands-constitution-order-2011/schedule-2/paragraph-59.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2011/1681",
  "legislation_title": "The Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/turks-and-caicos-islands-constitution-order-2011",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/59",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "59",
  "heading": "General elections and filling vacant seats",
  "text": "(1) A general election shall be held at such time within three months, but not less than 35 days, after every dissolution of the Parliament as the Governor shall appoint by proclamation published in the Gazette.\n(2) Whenever an elected member of the Parliament vacates his or her seat for any reason other than a dissolution of the Parliament, an election shall be held to fill the vacancy, on such date as the Governor shall appoint by proclamation published in the Gazette within three months, but not less than 35 days, of the occurrence of the vacancy unless the Parliament is sooner dissolved or will be dissolved under section 57(3) within four months of the occurrence of the vacancy.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 2 substituted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1128), art. 8(1) (with arts. 4, 8(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 2 s. 59(3) omitted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(4) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1128), art. 9(11) (with art. 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1681/schedule/2/paragraph/59",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:02:17.487261+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}