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Article 40
 

Measures taken after decisions on the candidate applications If the observation referred to in section 38 (2) has been made and no satisfactory notice of rectification has been supplied, or if the notice of removing the said candidate has not been delivered within the stipulated time, or if the candidate is deceased, the candidate shall not be included in the combined list of candidates or in the list of candidates in the Presidential election. The election representative of the party, constituency association or joint list is obliged without delay to notify the authority handling the applications of the death of a candidate The party or constituency association whose notice of participating in an electoral alliance or a joint list has not been accepted has the right to cancel its candidate application. The election representative of the party or constituency association shall deliver to the authority handling the applications a written cancellation at the latest before 12 a.m. on the 31st day prior to the polling day. Matters relating to the approval of the candidate application shall be dealt with again as a result of the cancellation. Decisions on the issues referred to in this section shall be made in the meeting held on the 31st day prior to the polling day before the combined list of candidates or the candidate list in the Presidential election is prepared.