42. Section 35 of the principal enactment Is hereby repealed and the following section substituted there for : -
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| | (1) Where in the case of any electoral 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 |
| (b) that all the nomination papers received by him have been rejected, |
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| | (2) If during the second nomination period appointed for an electoral area no nomination papers have been received or all the nomination papers received have been rejected, the returning officer shall forthwith report the fact through the elections officer to the Commissioner and upon receipt of such report, the Commissioner shall cause a notice to be published in the Gazette, and in any such other manner as may appear to him to be best calculated to give publicity thereto, to the effect that no candidate stands duly nominated for such electoral area during the second nomination period. | | |
| | (3) From the date of the publication of a notice under subsection (2) in respect of an electoral area, no further steps shall be taken under this Ordinance, for the nomination of candidates for the election of Mayor and Deputy Mayor and members for that local authority until the next general election of the members of that local authority: | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts