This Act may be cited as the Counties Amendment Act, 1908.

Notwithstanding anything in section fifty-nine of the Counties Act, 1908, the Governor may from time to time, on the resolution of the Council of any county, by Order in Council gazetted, increase the number of members of the Council of such county to any number not exceeding twelve, and adjust the representation in the Council of the several ridings of that county accordingly.

Every such Order in Council shall come into force only at the next general election of the Council after the gazetting of the Order, except in so far as may be necessary for preparing any roll or otherwise providing for that election.

Section nineteen of the said Act is hereby amended by omitting the word “nine” from subsection two thereof, and substituting the word “twelve.”

Section twenty-three of the said Act is hereby amended by adding thereto the following proviso:—