(a) The last date and hour for making nominations which shall be the seventh day after the date of publication of the said notification under rule 23;
(b) The date, time and place for the scrutiny of the nominations which shall be the day immediately following the last date for making nominations;
(c) The last date and hour for the withdrawal of the candidatures, which shall be the second day after the date of the scrutiny of nominations;
(d) the date or dates on which and the hours during which a poll shall, if necessary, be taken, which or the first of which shall be a date not earlier than the fourteenth day after the last date for the withdrawal of the candidatures; and
(e) The date before which the election shall be completed.
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Explanation :- For the purpose of clauses (a), (b) and (c) if the date or the last date is a public holiday, the next succeeding day which is not a public holiday shall be deemed to be the date or the last date, as the case may be.
30. Public notice of election : (1) On the issue of a notification under rule 29, the Returning Officer shall, subject to any direction of the Commission, give in such manner as he thinks for public notice of the intended election in Form 4 inviting nominations of candidates for such election and specifying the place at which the nomination papers are to be delivered and also setting out a list of approved symbols which may be chosen by the candidates.
(2) The public notice under sub-rule (1) shall be published in the Official Gazette and copies thereof shall be displayed at the office of the Commission and office of the Panchayat and at one or more conspicuous places within the Panchayat area.
Explanation :- For the purposes of sub-rule (1), the Commission shall subject to rule 28, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify the symbols that may be chosen by candidates at elections in a ward and the restrictions to which their choices shall be subject to.