Declaration of candidates
23 Declaration of candidates
(1) As soon as practicable after 12 noon on the nomination day, the Commission must:
(a) publicly produce all nomination forms for the persons properly nominated for each division (other than someone who has withdrawn consent to his or her nomination); and
(b) declare those nominated persons to be candidates for the division.
(2) The declaration for a division must be made at one or more of the following:
the Commission's offices;
places specified by the Commission by public notice.
(3) The Commission must not disclose the names of persons nominated as candidates before making the declaration.
(4) As soon as practicable after making the declaration, the Commission must display a notice at the Commission's offices stating the name and address, as specified in the nomination form, of each candidate for each division.
(5) The Commission may also display the notices at other places in the Territory the Commission considers appropriate.
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