Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsDeath of candidate after nomination
| 23. Whenever the death occurs of a candidate for election for any Development Council area between the adjournment of the election for the purposes of the poll and the commencement of the poll, the returning officer shall, upon being satisfied of the fact of such death, expunge the name of that candidate from the nomination paper and notwithstanding such death, the nomination paper with the omission of the name of the deceased candidate shall be valid in respect of the other candidates in the order in which their names appear in that nomination paper and the poll shall be taken as specified in the notice under section 22, |