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Section 35: Notice of nominations and the time and place for their scrutiny.

The Representation of the People Act, 1951Central Act · Act 43 of 1951

The returning officer shall, on receiving the nomination paper [under sub-section (1) or, as the case may be, sub-section (1A) of section 33], inform the person or persons delivering the same of the date, time and place fixed for the scrutiny of nominations and shall enter on the nomination paper its serial number, and shall sign thereon a certificate stating the date on which and the hour at which the nomination paper has been delivered to him; and shall, as soon as may be thereafter, cause to be affixed in some conspicuous place in his office a notice of the nomination containing descriptions similar to those contained in the nomination paper, both of the candidate and of [the proposer.]

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ActThe Representation of the People Act, 1951
Section35
Marginal noteNotice of nominations and the time and place for their scrutiny.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

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  • substituted. . Subs. by s. 2 and the Schedule, ibid., for under sub-section (1) (w.e.f. 9-9-1975).
  • substituted, Act 27 of 1956. . Subs. by Act 27 of 1956, s. 18, for certain words (w.e.f. 28-8-1956).

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