Worker Participation (State Enterprises) Act, 1988
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Amendment of section 8 of Principal Act. |
16.—The Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for section 8 of the following section: | |
“8.—(1) The returning officer at an election shall, not later than the day which is seventy days before the nomination day, as regards the election, fix— | ||
(a) for the purposes of section 10 (2) of this Act a day, which is in this Act referred to as the ‘stated day’, being a day which is neither earlier than the fifty-sixth nor later than the forty-second day before the day which as regards the election is the nomination day, and | ||
(b) the period or periods during which, on such nomination day, nominations at the election will be received: | ||
Provided that the period, or the aggregate of the periods so fixed, shall not be less than three hours. | ||
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, the returning officer at an election may, if he considers it necessary or desirable so to do, in lieu of fixing a period or periods during which, on the nomination day, nominations will be received, declare that nominations will be received during such period (in this Act referred to as the ‘nomination period’) of days, being a period of not more than seven days ending on the nomination day, as such returning officer may specify: Provided always that the period of hours, or the aggregate of the period of hours, on each day during the nomination period during which nominations will be received, shall not be less than three hours.”. |