49Publication of notice of application

49 Publication of notice of application (1) The Commission must publicly advertise and publish in the Government Gazette a notice of the application for registration of a political party. S. 49(1A) inserted by No. 30/2018 s. 12. (1A) A notice under subsection (1) in relation to an application must be published— (a) within 30 days of receiving the application, if the Commission has decided that it is required to consider accepting the application; or (b) within 14 days of receiving a written request under section 48(3). (2) A notice under subsection (1) in relation to an application must— (a) set out the particulars specified in the application in accordance with section 45(2); and (b) invite any person who believes that the application— (i) does not relate to an eligible political party; or (ii) is not in accordance with section 45; or (iii) should be refused under section 47— to submit written particulars of the grounds for that belief to the Commission within 30 days after the day of the publication of the notice in the Government Gazette. (3) Particulars submitted by a person under subsection (2)(b) must— (a) be signed by the person; and (b) specify an address of that person. (4) The Commission must not register a political party unless the Commission has— (a) complied with subsection (1); and (b) considered any particulars submitted in response to the invitation referred to in subsection (2)(b). (5) Before considering any written particulars submitted under subsection (2)(b), the Commission must— (a) send a copy of the written particulars to the political party applying for registration; and (b) give the political party applying for registration a notice in writing specifying that the political party may, within 14 days after the date of the notice, reply to the matters raised in the written particulars; and (c) make details of any reply under paragraph (b) available for public inspection, free of charge, during ordinary office hours at the office of the Commission.