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Paragraph 50 Declaration by candidates for election to ParliamentF1

United Kingdom

(1)

Each candidate for election to the Parliament shall, on the date of his or her nomination for election, make a written declaration to the Supervisor of Elections that he or she is qualified for election under section 46 and that no disqualification mentioned in section 49 applies to him or her.

(2)

The Supervisor of Elections shall publish any declaration made to him or her under subsection (1) by the close of the next following working day.

(3)

Within five days of the publication of any such declaration, a challenge to the veracity of that declaration may be brought by any registered elector or by the Attorney General before the Supreme Court; the Supreme Court shall hear and determine the matter as expeditiously as possible, and its decision shall be final and not subject to any appeal.

Annotations

Textual amendments

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Word in Sch. 2 substituted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1128), art. 8(1) (with arts. 4, 8(2))

Notes on Schedule 2

Commencement

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Sch. 2 in force at 15.10.2012, see art. 1(2)