Section 35 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 – Notice of nominations and the time and place for their scrutiny

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Section 35: Notice of nominations and the time and place for their scrutiny

The returning officer shall, on receiving the nomination paper, inform the person or persons delivering the same of the date, time and place fixed for the scrutiny of nominations and shall enter on the nomination paper its serial number, and shall sign thereon a certificate stating the date on which and the hour at which the nomination paper has been delivered to him; and shall, as soon as may be thereafter, cause to be affixed in some conspicuous place in his office a notice of the nomination containing descriptions similar to those contained in the nomination paper, both of the candidate and of the proposer.

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