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541I PDFTitle:Electoral Affairs Commission (Electoral Procedure) (Election Committee) RegulationGazette Number:L.N. 210 of 2001
Section:15Heading:Returning Officer may give opportunity to rectify nomination formVersion Date:12/10/2001

(1) If the Returning Officer detects on a religious subsector nomination form or a subsector nomination form-

        (a) an error or what appears to that Officer to be an error, or an omission, which may amount to a ground for deciding that the nomination form is invalid; or
        (b) anything which may affect the validity of the nomination form,
and that Officer considers that it can be rectified within the period referred to in section 3(3)(c) or the nomination period, that Officer may, before making a decision under section 12 or 13, as may be appropriate, give the nominee, the designated body or the candidate a reasonable opportunity to rectify it.
(2) A religious subsector nomination form or a subsector nomination form cannot be rectified under this section after the expiry of the period referred to in section 3(3)(c) or of the nomination period.