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Objections to nomination papers.
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6.—(1) At ten o'clock in the forenoon on the last day for receiving nominations at a Seanad bye-election the Seanad returning officer shall attend at a convenient place previously notified by him in the Iris Oifigiúil and shall there and then produce all nomination papers previously duly delivered to him and shall receive all such other nomination papers as shall be duly delivered to him at the said place after ten o'clock in the forenoon and before twelve o'clock noon on the said day.
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(2) Between the hours of ten o'clock in the forenoon and one o'clock in the afternoon on the last day for receiving nominations the Seanad returning officer shall, at the place mentioned in the foregoing sub-section, make such objections as he shall think fit to any nomination paper duly delivered to him and consider such objections to any such nomination paper as shall there and then be made to him by any person lawfully present and shall rule on the validity of every such nomination paper.
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(3) No objection made by the Seanad returning officer himself or to him by any other person to any nomination paper on the ground that the statement therein of the name, address, description, or qualifications of the candidate thereby nominated is insufficient or is not in compliance with this Act shall be allowed or deemed valid unless the same is made before twelve o'clock noon on the last day for receiving nominations.
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(4) The Seanad returning officer shall reject as invalid every nomination paper for a candidate who is shown to his satisfaction before the conclusion of the examination of nomination papers to be dead.
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(5) Every ruling of the Seanad returning officer under this section on the validity of a nomination paper shall, if such ruling is in favour of the validity of the nomination paper, be final and shall, if such ruling is against the validity of the nomination paper, be subject to reversal on petition questioning the election or return.
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(6) Every candidate nominated by a nomination paper and his proposer and seconder and one other person selected by him and no other person whatsoever (other than the Seanad returning officer and his assistants) shall be entitled to be present at the proceedings under this section.
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