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| (1) A group leader or any person authorized by such group leader, shall, between the date of publication of the Proclamation or Order requiring the holding of an election and the submission of the nomination paper of that group, deposit in legal tender with the returning officer a turn calculated at two thousand rupees in respect of each candidate nominated by such group. |
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| (2) No deposit made by a group leader or a person authorized by such group leader under subsection (1) shall be accepted by the returning officer unless it is made within the time prescribed in that subsection. |
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| (3) Where a deposit under this section is accepted by the returning officer, such officer shall forthwith issue to the person by whom the deposit was made, a receipt in writing signed by such officer acknowledging his acceptance of such deposit, and the receipt shall state
| | (a) the name of the group leader by whom the deposit was made or of the authorized person by whom and on whose behalf the deposit was made; | | |
| | (b) the number of candidates ; | | |
| | (c) the amount of the deposit; and | | |
| | (d) the time and date of the deposit. | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts