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Constitutional Convention (Election) Act 1997
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16 Date of nomination
(1) Subject to subsection (2), the date fixed for the nomination of the candidates must be 9 days after the day the Minister gives notice under section 14.
(2) Where a candidate for an election dies, after being nominated and before 12 o’clock noon on the day fixed by the Minister’s notice as the date of nomination for the election, the day fixed as the date of nomination for the election is to be taken to be the day after the day so fixed.