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Questions raisable at the ruling upon nominations.
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25.—(1) At any ruling upon nominations held under this Act every question relevant to the nomination of any person, including the validity of nomination papers, the sufficiency or the correctness of any statement in a nomination paper, the validity of any nomination, and the qualifications of any person for the relevant panel, may be raised by the Seanad returning officer or by any person who is named in the relevant certificate of nominations or whose nomination is required by this Act to be ruled upon at such ruling upon nominations or by the agent of any such person.
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(2) Where the identity of the person purported to be nominated by a nomination paper is free from doubt, such nomination paper shall not be rejected or declared invalid merely because of an error in, or the incompleteness of, the statement therein of the name, address, or description of such person.
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(3) The Seanad returning officer and the judicial referee may each, for the purpose of deciding any question at issue during a ruling upon nominations held under this Act, receive and act upon evidence, whether oral or written, tendered to him by or on behalf of any person affected by such question, and may, if he so thinks proper, require such evidence to be given on oath and may for that purpose administer an oath.
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