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Section 28
 

Admission of Land Lists
(1) The Land Electoral Committee decides on the admission of the Land lists on the fifty-eighth day before the election. It must reject Land lists if they
1. are submitted too late, or
2. do not meet the requirements set forth in this Act and in the Federal Electoral Regulations unless otherwise specified in these provisions.
If only individual candidates do not meet the requirements, their names are removed from the Land list. The decision must be announced at the meeting of the Land Electoral Committee.
(2) If the Land Electoral Committee rejects a Land list wholly or in part, an appeal may be lodged with the Federal Electoral Committee within three days of the announcement of the decision. The spokesperson for the Land list and the Land Returning Officer are entitled to lodge an appeal. The Land Returning Officer may also appeal against a decision by which a Land list is admitted. The persons concerned attending the appeal proceedings must be heard. The decision on the appeal must be taken not later than the fifty-second day before the election.
(3) The Land Returning Officer makes the admitted Land lists public not later than the forty-eighth day before the election.