30Appointment of dates for nominations, etc

¹[30. Appointment of dates for nominations, etc.--As soon as the notification calling upon a constituency to elect a member or members is issued, the Election Commission shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint

(a) the last date for making nominations, which shall be the ²[seventh day] after the date of publication of the first mentioned notification or, if that day is a public holiday, the next succeeding day which is not a public holiday;

(b) the date for the scrutiny of nominations, which shall be ³[the day immediately following] the last date for making nominations or, if that day is a public holiday, the next succeeding day which is not a public holiday;

(c) the last date for the withdrawal of candidatures, which shall be ⁴[the second day] after the date for the scrutiny of nominations or, if that day is a public holiday, the next succeeding day which is not a public holiday;

(d) the date or dates on which a poll shall, if necessary, be taken which or the first of which shall be a date not earlier than the ⁵[fourteenth day] after the last date for the withdrawal of candidatures; and

(e) the date before which the election shall be completed.

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1. Subs. by Act 27 of 1956, s. 14, for section 30 (w.e.f. 28-8-1956).

2. Subs. by Act 40 of 1961, s. 7, for "tenth day" (w.e.f. 20-9-1961).

3. Subs. by Act 47 of 1966, s. 27, for "the second day after" (w.e.f. 14-12-1966).

4. Subs. by Act 47 of 1966, s. 27, for "the third day" (w.e.f. 14-12-1966).

5. Subs. by Act 21 of 1996, s. 5, for "twentieth day" (w.e.f. 1-8-1996).

6. The Explanation omitted by Act 47 of 1966, s. 27 (w.e.f. 14-12-1966).

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CHAPTER I.--Nomination of Candidates