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Section I2
 

  1. If one or more of the following omissions are discovered during the examination, the principal electoral committee shall immediately notify the person who submitted the list, by registered letter or receipted delivery, that:


(a) if declarations of support had to be submitted with the list, the minimum number referred to in section H 4, subsection 1 has not been submitted, not including declarations which do not satisfy the provisions of section H 4, subsection 1, second sentence, and subsection 2, declarations which do not contain a note as referred to in section H 4, subsection 4, and declarations by a voter who has signed more than one declaration;


(b) in the circumstances referred to in section H 7, subsection 3, there is no declaration that, if elected, the candidate intends to take up residence in the relevant province or municipality;


(c) a candidate has not been described in accordance with the provisions of section H 8;


(d) there is no declaration that the candidate consents to his nomination on the list;


(e) a candidate whose place of residence is situated outside the European part of the Netherlands has not designated an agent in his declaration of consent;


(f) if a deposit should have been be paid, there is no proof of payment;


(g) the list was not submitted personally by a voter qualified to take part in the election;


(h) if the list was submitted by a voter who is not registered as such in the municipality where the principal electoral committee is located, the voter did not submit a declaration by the municipal executive of the municipality where he is registered that he is qualified to take part in the election;


(i) there is no declaration as referred to in section H 3, subsection 2 or 3.


 



  1. The person who submitted the list may rectify the omission or omissions specified in the notification at the clerk’s office of the municipality where the principal electoral committee is situated no later than the third day after nomination day, between 09.00 and 17.00 hours on the first and second days and between 09.00 and 15.00 hours on the third day.


 



  1. In the case referred to in subsection 1 (a), voters may make declarations of support during the time until the omission is rectified.


 



  1. In the case referred to in subsection 1 (f), the deposit may still be paid during the time until the omission is rectified.


 



  1. In the case referred to in subsection 1 (g), a voter who would have been qualified to submit the list may, by appearing in person at the municipal clerk’s office, take the place of the unqualified person; the former shall then be deemed to have submitted the list personally. The provisions of the preceding sentence shall apply mutatis mutandis if the declaration referred to in subsection 1 (h) has not yet been submitted.


  1. If the person who submitted the list is absent or unable to be present, a person named on the list as a replacement as referred to in section H 5, second sentence shall take his place.