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Section 43
 

Promulgation of Land Lists


(1) The Land Returning Officer shall set forth the final approved Land lists under serial numbers in the order stipulated in Section 30 subsection (3), first and second sentences, of the Federal Elections Act and promulgate them. The promulgation shall list the details stipulated in Section 39 subsection (1), second sentence, for each Land; in place of the date of birth, however, only the year of birth of each candidate is to be stated. If a candidate provides evidence to the Land Returning Officer before the end of the submission period that a blocking note relating to him or her is contained in the population register
in accordance with Section 51 subsection (1) of the Federal Registration Act, an address has to be indicated where the candidate may be contacted, instead of indicating the address of his or her main place of residence; indicating a post office box shall not be suffi-cient. The Land Returning Officer shall immediately inform the Federal Returning Officer about the address where the candidate may be contacted. The Federal Returning Officer shall publish the contents of the Land Returning Officers’ promulgations in the electoral area.


(2) At the same time, the Land Returning Officer shall communicate to the Constituency Returning Officers the order of the Land lists and the surnames and forenames of the first five candidates.