Section 38, The Rural Area (2) This Ordinance shall come into operation on the first day of January, 1950, or

(I) Every conveyance or transfer of property whatsoeverto any person in any fraudulent or collusive manner for the purpose of qualifying him to become a member of a local authority or a voter under this Ordinance shall be deemed and taken as against the parties thereto to be valid and absolute, and every bond, covenant, collateral or other security, contract or agreement, between or with such parties, or any of them, for a reconveyance or transfer or for the revoking, annulling, defeating or otherwise doing away with the effect of such conveyance or transfer, shall be null and void to all intents and purposes whatsoever. (2) Every party to a conveyance or transfer of property of the nature described in the preceding sub-section and every person, who, by colour thereof or by means thereof, shall give any vote at any election under this Ordinance or sit in a local authority, shall be guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds, and, if a member of a local authority, his seat shall forthwith become vacant.