Section 103: Date of Area Council Elections and Method of Voting.

(1) Election into all the Area Councils shall be held on the same date and day throughout the Federal Capital Territory.
(2) Bye-elections to fill vacancies that occur in Area Councils shall be held within 30 days from the date the vacancy occurred.
(3) The date mentioned in subsection (1) shall not be earlier than 150 days before and not later than 30 days before the expiration of the term of office of the last holder of that office.
(4) Where a vacancy occurs more than three months before the day the Area Council stands dissolved there shall be a bye-election to fill the vacancy not later than 30 days from the date the vacancy occurred.
(5) Voting shall be by open-secret ballot.