THE CONSTITUTION (AMENDMENT) ACT 2011 � Act No. 35 of 2011 Government Gazette of Mauritius No. 109 of 12 December 2011 I assent SIR ANEROOD JUGNAUTH President of the Republic 12th December 2011 _____________ ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section 1. Short title 2. Section 16 of Constitution amended 3. Section 111 of Constitution amended _______________ An Act To amend the Constitution of Mauritius ENACTED by the Parliament of Mauritius, as follows – 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Constitution (Amendment) Act 2011. 2. Section 16 of Constitution amended Section 16 of the Constitution is amended, in subsection (4), by inserting, after paragraph (a), the following new paragraph – (aa) for a minimum number of candidates for election to local authorities to be of a particular sex, with a view to ensuring adequate representation of each sex on a local authority; 3. Section 111 of Constitution amended Section 111 of the Constitution is amended, in subsection (1) – (a) by deleting the definition of “local authority” and replacing it by the following definition – “local authority” means –