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Amendment of section 18 of Act of 1937
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36. Section 18 of the Act of 1937 is amended—
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(a) in subsection (1), by the deletion of “or as seconder”,
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(b) in subsection (3), by the substitution of “within one hour after its delivery to him or her” for “during or as soon as conveniently may be after the said period but not later than one o’clock in the afternoon on the last day for receiving nominations”,
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(c) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (3):
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“(3A) The returning officer shall not exclude a nomination because an assentor has assented to the nomination of more than one candidate at the same election in the Higher Education constituency.”,
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(d) in subsection (4), by the substitution of “four o’clock” for “one o’clock”,
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(e) in subsection (6), by the substitution of “four o’clock” for “one o’clock”,
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(f) in subsection (8), by the deletion of “and seconder”.
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