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Nomination of candidates.
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20.—(1) The following provisions shall, apply and have effect in relation to the nomination of candidates at an election to fill a Dáil sub-panel vacancy, that is to say:—
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(a) every such nomination shall be made in writing on a nomination paper in the prescribed form;
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(b) every such nomination paper shall contain the particulars required by the prescribed form of nomination paper to be stated therein, and in particular, a statement of the qualifications of the person thereby nominated for the panel mentioned in the relevant bye-election order;
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(c) every such nomination paper shall be signed by one member of Dáil Eireann as proposer and by eight other members of Dáil Eireann as assenting to the nomination;
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(d) every such nomination paper shall be delivered or sent by post to the Seanad returning officer.
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(2) Whenever the Seanad returning officer receives a nomination paper before four o'clock in the afternoon on the day before the day which is appointed by the relevant bye-election order to be the last day for receiving nominations, the Seanad returning officer shall forthwith communicate in writing to the Clerk of Dáil Eireann the fact of such nomination paper having been so received and the name, address, and description, as stated in such nomination paper, of the candidate thereby nominated and the name, as similarly stated, of the proposer of such candidate.
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(3) As soon as may be after twelve o'clock noon on the day which is appointed by the relevant bye-election order to be the last day for receiving nominations, the Seanad returning officer shall send to the Clerk of Dáil Eireann a list stating (in the alphabetical order of their surnames and, in case of identity of surname, their other names) the names, addresses, and descriptions, as stated in their respective nomination papers, of the candidates in respect of whom he had received nomination papers before twelve o'clock noon aforesaid and also stating, in respect of every such candidate, the name, as similarly stated, of his proposer.
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(4) Every nomination paper received by the Seanad returning officer after twelve o'clock noon on the day which is appointed by the relevant bye-election order to be the last day for receiving nominations shall be void.
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(5) If a member of Dáil Eireann signs two or more nomination papers as proposer or as assenting (whether he signs both or all of such nomination papers in the same or in different capacities), both or all of such nomination papers shall be wholly void.
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