( I) On the date and at the time appointed, the Returning Officer shall undertake scrutiny of the nomina tior.. papers.
(2) No person other than the candidates, their elec tiOI:. agents and proposers shall be permitted to be present and they shall be given all reasonable facilities for the ex amination of nomination papers.
(3) Objections to a nomination paper may be oral or inwnting and may relate not only to the form of the nomi nation but also to the violation ·or non-observance of any provision of the Act or the rules made thereunder relating to such nomination, including objections to the eligibility of the candidate to stand for election or of the proposer to nominate·
Provided that no objection to a candidate or the proposer which relates to his registration in the electoral roll and anything referred to in rule 13 shall be considered:
Provrded further that any objection raised merely in regard to failure to complete, or defect in completing the declaration as to symbols in a nomination paper shall not he considered, as a ground for rejecting the nomination raper and when any such objection being raised the Relurning Officer shall cause the nomination paper to be completed or defect rectified by the candidate who has fried or on whose behalf the nomination paper has been liled.
( 4) The decision taken on each objection shall be endorsed on the nomination paper, and if any nomination paper is rejected, a brief statement of the reasons for rejec lion shall he recorded thereon and signe.d by the Return ing Ofbccr.
(5) U the Returning Officer is unable to undertake the scrutiny of nomjnation papers, it shall be undertaken by a per.-,on other than the Chief Executive Officer, an elected member or a servant of the Board, nominated by the Rel_urning Officer:
Provided that the aggrieved party may appeal to the Pre::-.ident against the decision of such nominee within two days of such decision.