(1) Not later than noon on the Tuesday seven weeks prior to election day shall lists of candidates be submitted to the chairman of the election committee. A list of candidates shall not be submitted before the Tuesday nine weeks prior to election day. Lists of candidates requesting exemption from the requirement to collect signatures from a minimum number of supporters under section 19(4) shall, however, be submitted to the chairman of the election committee not later than by 12 noon on the Tuesday nine weeks prior to the election day and not earlier than on the Tuesday eleven weeks prior to the election day. Lists of candidates shall be submitted on a form approved by the Minister for the Interior and Health.

(2) Any person submitting a list of candidates is entitled to a receipt stating the day and the time of handing in the list.