30. Appointment of dates for nominations, etc
30. Appointment of dates for nominations, etc.—As soon as the notification calling upon a constituency to elect a member or members is issued, the Election Commission shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint
the last date for making nominations, which shall be the [seventh day] after the date of publication of the first mentioned notification or, if that day is a public holiday, the next succeeding day which is not a public holiday;
the date for the scrutiny of nominations, which shall be [the day immediately following] the last date for making nominations or, if that day is a public holiday, the next succeeding day which is not a public holiday;
the last date for the withdrawal of candidatures, which shall be [the second day] after the date for the scrutiny of nominations or, if that day is a public holiday, the next succeeding day which is not a public holiday;
the date or dates on which a poll shall, if necessary, be taken which or the first of which shall be a date not earlier than the [fourteenth day] after the last date for the withdrawal of candidatures; and
the date before which the election shall be completed.
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Amendment notes (6)
- Subs w.e.f. 28-8-1956 . Subs. by Act 27 of 1956, s. 14, for section 30 (w.e.f. 28-8-1956).
- Subs w.e.f. 20-9-1961 . Subs. by Act 40 of 1961, s. 7, for "tenth day" (w.e.f. 20-9-1961).
- Subs w.e.f. 14-12-1966 . Subs. by Act 47 of 1966, s. 27, for "the second day after" (w.e.f. 14-12-1966).
- Subs w.e.f. 14-12-1966 . Subs. by Act 47 of 1966, s. 27, for "the third day" (w.e.f. 14-12-1966).
- Subs w.e.f. 1-8-1996 . Subs. by Act 21 of 1996, s. 5, for "twentieth day" (w.e.f. 1-8-1996).
- omitted w.e.f. 14-12-1966 . The Explanation omitted by Act 47 of 1966, s. 27 (w.e.f. 14-12-1966).