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Article 24
 

Alteration of Constituency Nominations


After expiration of the submission period for nominations, a constituency nomination may be altered only through a joint written statement issued by the spokesperson and the deputy spokesperson and only if the candidate dies or has become ineligible to stand for election. The procedure laid down in Section 21 need not be observed and the signatures as defined in Section 20 subsections (2) and (3) shall not be required. No al-terations of any kind shall be allowed after a decision has been made on the approval of a constituency nomination (Section 26 subsection (1), first sentence).