Section 49, The Rural Area (2) This Ordinance shall come into operation on the first day of January, 1950, or

(1) Proceedings may be instituted in the Supreme Court _Proceedings · t t" b f 1 1 th "t m respect ofagams any person ac mg as a mem er o a oca au on y on qualification. the ground of his being disqualified under this Ordinance from 15 of 1956. so acting, by any person who is a registered voter within the area of that local authority: Provided that proceedings under this section shall not be instituted after the expiration of six months from the date on which he so acted. (2) '\Vhere in proceedings under this section it is proved that the defendant has acted as a member of a local authority, while disqualified from so acting, then the Court shall have all or any of the following powersof officers. Responsibility for records. Bailiff. Security. Account. (a) to make a declaration to that effect and to declare that the seat of the defendant in the local authority is vacant; (b) to grant an injunction restraining the defendant from so acting; (c) to order that the defendant shall forfeit to Her Majesty such sum as the Court rna y think fit, not exceeding fifty pounds for each occasion on which he so acted while disqualified. PART X.-OFFICERS OF LocAL AuTHORITIES AND AccouNTS.