Section 11Section 11

s. 11

11 (1) For the purpose of holding elections for constituting Parliament, the Commission shall, by notification in the official Gazette, call upon the electors to elect a member from each constituency and shall, in relation to each constituency, specify in the notification- [(a) a day on or before which the nomination of candidates may be filed;] (b) a day [or days] for the scrutiny of nomination papers; (c) a day on or before which candidature may be withdrawn; and (d) a day [or days], at least fifteen days after the withdrawal day, for the taking of the poll. (2) A Returning Officer shall, as soon as may be after the publication of a notification under clause (1), give public notice of the dates specified by the Commission in respect of the constituency or constituencies of which he is the Returning Officer; and the public notice shall be published at some prominent place or places within the constituency to which it relates. (3) A public notice issued under clause (2) shall also invite nominations and specify the time before which and the place at which nomination papers shall be received by the Returning Officer [or the Assistant Returning Officer].

1. 34. Sub-clause (a) was substituted by section 2 of the Representation of the People (Fourth Amendment) Ordinance, 1986 (Ordinance No. XIX of 1986)
2. 35. The words “or days” were inserted by section 2 of the Representation of the People (Fourth Amendment) Ordinance, 1986 (Ordinance No. XIX of 1986)
3. 36. The words “or days” were inserted after the words “a day” by section 5 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
4. 37. The words “or the Assistant Returning Officer” were inserted by section 2 of the Representation of the People (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 1986 (Ordinance No. XVII of 1986)