Declaration of candidates
37 Declaration of candidates
(1) As soon as practicable after 12 noon on nomination day, the Commission must:
(a) publicly produce all nomination forms for the persons properly nominated other than a form for a person who has withdrawn consent to the person's nomination under section 35(1) or whose nomination has been withdrawn under section 35(2); and
(b) declare each of the persons to be a candidate.
(2) The declaration must:
(a) be made at the Commission's office or other place decided by the
Commission and notified in the Gazette; and
(b) state each candidate's name and, if endorsed by a registered party, the name of the party.
(3) The
Commission must not disclose the names of persons nominated as candidates before making the declaration.
(4) As soon as practicable after the declaration, the Commission must display a notice at the Commission's office stating the name and address, as stated in the nomination form, of each candidate.
(5) The
Commission may also display notices at the other places in the
Territory the Commission considers appropriate.
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