7. Section 25 of the principal enactment is hereby re- pealed and the following section substituted therefor:
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| | (1) Whenever the death occurs of a candidate between the adjournment of the election for the purposes of the poll and the commencement of the poll, the Commissioner shall, upon being satisfied of the fact of such death, direct in writing, the secretary of the such party or the group leader of the independent group, as the case may be, by which the deceased candidate was nominated to nominate another candidate in place of the deceased candidate. | | |
| | (2) Upon receipt of a direction under subsection (1), the secretary of the recognized political party or the group leader of that independent group, as the case may be, shall forthwith inform the Commissioner, of the name and address of the candidate nominated in pursuance of such direction. | | |
| | (3) Upon receipt of any information under subsection (2), the Commissioner shall direct the returning officer to expunge the name of the deceased candidate from with nomination paper and to enter the name of the candidate nominated under subsection (2) on such nomination paper. The Commissioner shall publish a notice in the Gazette, stating the fact of the death of the candidate referred to in subsection (1), and that notwithstanding such death, the nomination paper with the omission of the name of the deceased candidate and the inclusion of the name of the candidate nominated under subsection (2) is valid and that the poll shall be taken as specified in the notice published under section 24.". | | |
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