166. If, at the expiration of the delay fixed for the nomination of candidates for mayor or councillor, only the number required for any one of the said offices be nominated, such candidates shall ipsofacto be elected, and the returning officer shall forthwith proclaim such candidates elected and give forthwith a special notice to the candidates elected.
R. S. 1964, c. 193, s. 190; 1968, c. 55, s. 5, s. 69.