Section 17: · Presentation of nomination paper and requirement of valid nomination
The Uttarakhand Waqf Rules 2017State Rules of Uttarakhand · 1995
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(1) On receipt of the nomination paper. the Returning Officer shall forthwith number the nomination papers serially in the order in which it is presented and gi?e a receipt in Form 6.
(2) The Returning Officer or such other authorised person shall satisfy himself that the name and number of the candidate, as entered in the nomination paper. is the same as entered in the electoral roll and wherever necessary, he shall direct that the nomination form be amended so as to be in accordance with the electoral roll .
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(3) The Returning Officer may, while interpreting an entry in the electoral. roll overlook merely clerical or printing errors, but he shall record the interpretation adopted by him. together with the reasons, while making the formal acceptance or rejection or scrutiny of a nomination.