Presidential Elections Act, 1937
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PART II. Nomination of Candidates. | ||
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Nominations by members of the Oireachtas. |
8.—(1) Every nomination of a candidate at a presidential election which is made by members of the Oireachtas shall be made in accordance with the following provisions, that is to say:— | |
(a) such nomination shall be made in writing on a nomination paper in the form set out in the Second Schedule to this Act; | ||
(b) every such nomination paper shall state the full name, address, and description of the person thereby nominated and shall also state all such matters as are required by the said form of nomination paper to be stated therein; | ||
(c) every such nomination paper shall be signed by not less than twenty members of the Oireachtas as nominators; | ||
(d) every such nomination paper shall be signed by every of the twenty members of the Oireachtas making a nomination thereby; | ||
(e) every such nomination paper shall be delivered or sent by post to the presidential returning officer. | ||
(2) The presidential returning officer shall furnish free of charge on request a form of nomination paper to any member of the Oireachtas. | ||
(3) The Clerk of Dáil Eireann and the Clerk of Seanad Eireann shall each be entitled to obtain from the presidential returning officer a supply of forms of nomination papers for the use of members of the Oireachtas. | ||
(4) Where a particular member of the Oireachtas signs as a nominator two or more valid nomination papers sent to the presidential returning officer under this section, that one of such valid nomination papers which is first received by the presidential returning officer shall alone be regarded and the other or others of such valid nomination papers shall be disregarded. |