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Section W2
 

  1. For the purposes of section W 1, no account shall be taken of a candidate:


(a) who has died;


(b) who has been granted temporary termination of membership in connection with pregnancy, childbirth or illness;


(c) whose vacancy is being filled;


(d) who has been declared appointed to a vacancy but who has declared in writing that he does not accept the appointment or is deemed not to have accepted it, who has not filed the documents referred to in section V 3 in good time or who has not been admitted to the representative assembly by virtue of a decision;


(e) who is a member of the representative assembly or has been declared appointed as such if no decision has yet been taken on his admission as a member, unless he has been appointed to fill a vacancy that has arisen in the circumstances referred to in division 3 of chapter X;


(f) from whom the chairperson of the central electoral committee has received a written declaration that he does not wish to be considered for the appointment;


(g) who was a member of the representative assembly although it has come to the notice of the chairperson of the central electoral committee that the vacancy left by this candidate too must be filled;


(h) who, in the case of an election to a provincial or municipal council, cannot be appointed pursuant to section 12 of the Provinces Act or section 11 of the Municipalities Act.


 



  1. A declaration as referred to in subsection 1 (f) may be retracted.


 



  1. A model for the declaration referred to in subsection 1 (f) shall be established by ministerial order.