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Article Ya 3
 

• 1. For the application of the provisions laid down by or pursuant to this Act in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba, the following shall, unless this Section provides otherwise, be read in those provisions instead of:


o a. "the municipality": the public body;


o b. "the mayor": the governor;


o c. "mayor and aldermen": the executive council;


o d. "the municipal council": the island council;


o e. "town hall": the administrative office;


o f. "municipal gazette": official gazette; o g. "municipal polling station": polling station of the public body;


o h. "Article 1 of the Identification Obligation Act": Article 2 of the Identification Obligation Act BES.


• 2. If only the municipality, the mayor, or the mayor and aldermen of The Hague are meant, paragraph 1, under a through c, does not apply.