5. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 34 of the principal enactment and shall have effect as section 34A of that enactment:
| 34A. If on the day of nomination in any electoral district, no candidates stands nominated for that district by reason of the fact that -
| | (a) no nomination papers are received by the returning officer by eleven o'clock in the morning of that day; or | | |
| | (b) all the nomination papers received by the returning officer by eleven o'clock in the morning of that day ;are rejected by him, | | |
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