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Article 45
 

 Within three days of the publication of the Writ, the Commissioners shall cause a notice or notices to  be published in the Gazette stating

(a) the place where, and date and time when, the Commissioners will be in attendance to receive nominations of candidates for election as Members of the House, and any objections to such nominations, such place being referred to in this Act as the Electoral Office. The time during which nominations of candidates for election may be made shall not be less than three days and shall not commence to run before six days from the date of the publication of the notice referred to in this section, and the time during which objections to such nominations may be made shall not extend beyond two days from the expiration of the time fixed for the receipt of nominations;

(b) the places where, and the days and hours when voting shall be held. Voting shall not take place before the expiration of three days from the date of the publication of the notice referred to in subsection (3) of section 54 of this Act;

(c) the place to which the ballot boxes shall be taken by the Assistant Commissioners after the close of voting, which shall also be the place where such boxes shall be kept until the counting of the votes;

(d) the place where, the date and time when the ballot boxes shall be opened and the counting of votes shall take place.