19. Where in the case of any Development Council area the returning officer finds at the expiry of the nomination period
| (a) that no nomination paper has been duly received on behalf of any recognized political party or any independent group; or |
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| (b) that all the nomination papers received by him have been rejected, |
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the returning officer shall not later than seven days after the expiry of the nomination period publish a notice prescribing a second nomination period. Such period shall commence on the seventh day after the date of the publication of the notice and expire at twelve noon on the tenth day after the date of publication of such notice. The provisions of this Act shall apply in relation to the second nomination period, subject however that the duration of the nomination period referred to in section 10 shall not be applicable to the second nomination period. |
Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts