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Article 35
 

Preliminary Examination of Constituency Nominationsby the District Returning Officer

(1) The District 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 District Returning Officer shall immediately examine whether the constituency nominations received are complete and in compliance with the requirements of the Law and these Regulations.

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

(3) If an appeal is lodged with the District Electoral Committee pursuant to Article 25 (4) of the Law under the procedure for rectifying faults, the District Electoral Committee must de-cide immediately on the directive issued by the District Returning Officer. The spokesperson for the constituency nomination in question must be given the opportunity to speak.