THE CONSTITUTION (AMENDMENT) ACT 2011
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Act No. 35 of 2011
Government Gazette of Mauritius No. 109 of 12 December 2011
I assent
SIR ANEROOD JUGNAUTH
President of the Republic
12th December 2011
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1. Short title
2. Section 16 of Constitution amended
3. Section 111 of Constitution amended
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An Act
To amend the Constitution of Mauritius
ENACTED by the Parliament of Mauritius, as follows –
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Constitution (Amendment) Act 2011.
2. Section 16 of Constitution amended
Section 16 of the Constitution is amended, in subsection (4), by inserting, after paragraph (a),
the following new paragraph –
(aa) for a minimum number of candidates for election to local authorities to be of a
particular sex, with a view to ensuring adequate representation of each sex on a local
authority;
3. Section 111 of Constitution amended
Section 111 of the Constitution is amended, in subsection (1) –
(a) by deleting the definition of “local authority” and replacing it by the following definition
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“local authority” means –