(1) By-elections shall be held where a municipal council loses at least two-fifths of its members. In such case, only political parties that submitted a list of candidates for the general municipal elections shall be allowed to submit an additional list of candidates.
(2) No by-election shall be held if the vacancy referred to in sub-
section (1) above occurs less than a year before the end of the term of office of municipal councillors.
Official text
Transcription: Spot-checked
In force from 19-04-2012 (date unconfirmed)Source page 52
The document's transcription was spot-checked against the supplied source; this does not confirm a line-by-line review of every provision.
How Lex Cameroon marks its texts →
Lex Cameroon does not hold a French version of this provision. You can read an unofficial machine translation — for understanding only, never to quote.
Section 174 of the Law relating to the electoral code/akn/cm/act/loi/undated/finance-law-2012-april
Report an error in this text
AI features are in beta
Where an official English or French text exists, we show it; where none does, we give
a translation, clearly marked as one and never presented as the official text. We make
every AI feature as accurate as we can, but it can be wrong and is not legal advice —
always check the cited official text.