# Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962, Section 62: Plural candidatures prohibited.


(1) A person may not be nominated as a candidate at any parliamentary or local election where the nomination would result in that person's being a candidate at the same time—
(a) in more than one constituency or, as the case may be, more than one… district electoral area in the same local government electoral area;
Para.(b) rep. by 1972 NI 13
and any nomination contravening this sub-section shall be void.
(2) Sub-section (1) shall not be construed as preventing a duly qualified person from being nominated as a candidate at the elections of two or more local authorities notwithstanding that those elections are held on the same day.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1962/14/section/62 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-law-act-northern-ireland-1962/section-62
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