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Section 35
 

Preliminary Examination of Constituency Nominations by the Constituency Returning Officer



(1) The Constituency Returning Officer shall record on each constituency nomination the date and, if it is received on the last day of the stipulated submission period, the time of receipt and shall immediately forward one copy each to the Land Returning Officer and the Federal Returning Officer. The Constituency Returning Officer shall immediately examine whether the constituency nominations received are complete and in compliance with the requirements of the Federal Elections Act and these Regulations.


(2) If the Constituency Returning Officer discovers that a candidate nominated in one constituency has also been nominated in another, he shall draw the attention of the Constituency Returning Officer of the other constituency to the double candidature.



(3) If an appeal is lodged with the Constituency Electoral Committee pursuant to Sec-tion 25 subsection (4) of the Federal Elections Act under the procedure for rectifying faults, the Constituency Electoral Committee must decide immediately on the directive issued by the Constituency Returning Officer. The spokesperson for the constituency nomination in question must be given the opportunity to speak.