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| (1) Notwithstanding anything in this Act
| | (a) if the Commissioner is satisfied that the candidate who, under section 17 (1) or section 56 (2) or section 61, is entitled to be declared elected to the office of President is dead, he shall, if he has not declared such candidate elected, not declare the candidate elected, and proceed to fix fresh dates of nomination and election ; or | | |
| | (b) if the candidate who has been declared elected to the office of President under section 17 (1) or section 56 (2) or section 61 dies before the commencement of his term of office, the Commissioner shall fix fresh dates of nomination and election. | | |
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| (2) The provisions of this Act shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to, and in relation to, the fresh dates of nomination and election referred to in subsection (1). |
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