(1) The Land Electoral Committee shall decide on the approval of the Land lists on the fifty-eighth day before the election. It must reject Land lists if they
1. are submitted too late, or
2. do not meet the requirements set forth in this Law and in the Federal Electoral Reg-ulations, unless something different is specified in these provisions.
If the requirements are not met only regarding individual candidates, their names shall be deleted from the Land list. The decision must be announced at the meeting of the Constituency Electoral Committee.
(2) If the Land Electoral Committee rejects a Land list wholly or in part, an appeal may be lodged with the Federal Electoral Committee within three days of the announcement of the decision. The spokesperson for the Land list and the Land Returning Officer shall be eligible to lodge an appeal. The Land Returning Officer may also appeal against a de-cision by which a Land list is approved. The persons concerned attending the appeal proceedings shall be heard. The decision on the appeal must be taken not later than the fifty-second day before the election.
(3) The Land Returning Officer shall make the approved Land lists public not later than the forty-eighth day before the election.
