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6. Returning Officer to decide
questions relating to right of persons to stand
for or to
vote as election
If any question arises
as to whether a person is or is not entitled to
vote in the election or to stand for the election
the question shall be referred to the Returning
Officer who shall decide the same. [Gazette of
India, 1975, Part II, Section 3(I), Page 2534]
7.
Fixation of dated of various stages of elections
The
Returning Officer shall appoint and shall notify
in the Official Gazette and in such other manner
as he thinks fit, the date, time and place for;
(a)
the receipt of the nomination papers and their
scrutiny;
(b) the despatch of voting papers to the electors;
(c) the poll; and
(d) the scrutiny and counting of votes.
8.
Nomination of Candidates
Any
person qualified to stand for the election under
Section 5 may be nominated as a candidate for
election and such nomination shall be made by
means of a nomination paper in Form I which shall
be supplied by the Returning Officer to any elector
who may apply for the same.
9.
Nomination paper
(1)
Each nomination paper shall be subscribed by two
electors as proposer and seconder
and shall contain a declaration signed by the
person proposed signifying
his consent to stand for the election.
2[(1A)
No elector shall subscribe, whether as proposer
or as seconder, more than one
nomination paper at the same election, and if
he does, his signature shall
be inoperative on any paper other than the one
first delivered.
(1B)Nothing
in this rule shall prevent any candidate from
being nominated by
more than one nomination paper for
the same election.
Provided
that not more than four nomination papers shall
be presented by or on behalf of any candidate
or accepted by the Returning Officer].
(2)
On receipt of each nomination paper, the Returning
Officer shall forthwith endorse
thereupon the date and hour of receipt.
10.
Rejection of nomination paper
A
nomination paper which is not received before
the date and the time appointed in that behalf
shall be rejected.
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