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Presidential Elections Act (No. 15 of 1981) - Sect 15

Rejection of nomination paper

15.
(1) The Commissioner shall as soon as practicable after a nomination paper has been delivered to him, examine the nomination paper and reject any nomination paper
(a) that has not been delivered in accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of section 13 ; or
(b) in respect of which the deposit required under section 8 has not been made ; or
(c) that does not comply with the provisions of sub- sections (3) (b), (4), (5) and (6) of section 12 ; or
(d) where the signature of the secretary of a recognized political party, or the secretary of any other political party, or of an elector, as the case may be, does not appear on the nomination paper; or
(e) in respect of which an objection has been made under paragraph (a) of section 14 (1) and the Commissioner has allowed such objection.
(2) Where any nomination paper has been rejected by the Commissioner under subsection (1), he shall inform the candidate or the person who had delivered such nomination paper the fact of such rejection. The decision of the Commissioner to reject such nomination paper on any of the grounds set out in paragraphs (a) to (d) of subsection (1) shall be final.

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