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Section Ya34
 

1. If the central electoral committee has discovered one or more omissions, as referred to in section I 2, subsection 1 in conjunction with section Y 15, subsection 1, in a list submitted in a public body, it shall, notwithstanding section I 2, subsection 1, immediately inform the Lieutenant Governor of that public body of them by electronic means.


2. The Lieutenant Governor shall immediately notify the person who submitted the list of the omissions by registered letter or receipted delivery.


3. Without prejudice to section I 2, subsections 2, 5 and 6 in conjunction with section Y 15, subsections 2 and 3, the person who submitted the list may rectify the omission or omissions specified in the notification at the clerk to the island executive’s office, between 10.00 and 17.00 on nomination day or between 09.00 and 17.00 on the first or the second day after nomination day.


4. The Lieutenant Governor shall assess the authenticity of the documents submitted to rectify the specified omissions, and record his findings in an accompanying declaration. A model accompanying declaration shall be established by ministerial order.


5. The Lieutenant Governor shall ensure that the central electoral committee is informed immediately by electronic means of the documents submitted to rectify the omissions and the accompanying declarations. The Lieutenant Governor shall make certified copies of all these documents and keep them until the decision of the central electoral committee, as referred to in section I4, has become final.


6. He shall also ensure that the documents are placed in a sealed packet, which shall be delivered to the central electoral committee by post as quickly as possible.