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Presidential Elections Act (No. 15 of 1981) - Sect 2

Commissioner to give notice of date of nomination and date of poll

2.
(1) Where the Commissioner of Elections (hereinafter referred to as the " Commissioner"), is required by the Constitution to conduct the election of the President, he shall by Order published in the Gazette
(a) fix the date of nomination of candidates being a date not less than sixteen days and not more than one month from the date of publication of such Order, and the place of nomination; and
(b) fix the date on which the poll shall be taken, being a date not less than one month and not more than two months from the date of nomination.
(2) The date fixed under paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of subsection (1) shall be any day other than a Full Moon Poya day or any public holiday specified in the First Schedule to the Holidays Act, No. 29 of 1971 ; and if, after the publication of the Order under subsection (1), any day specified therein is declared to be a public holiday, such declaration shall in no way affect the validity of anything done on such day for the purposes of that subsection.


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