Last day for return of writ, rules for fixing
72 Last day for return of writ, rules for fixing
The date fixed as the last day for the return of the writ shall not be more than 90 days after the date of the writ.
In the case of a general election for the Council, the date fixed as the last day for the return of a writ in the election shall be not later than 21 May in the year in which seats in the Council are to be vacated by effluxion of time.
[Section 72 amended: No. 63 of 1948 s. 15; No. 9 of 1983 s. 17; No. 79 of 1987 s. 24; No. 36 of 2000 s. 12; No. 49 of 2011 s. 8.]
[73. Deleted: No. 36 of 2000 s. 13.]
74. Writ to be addressed to Electoral Commissioner who is to forward copy to returning officer etc.
A writ is to be addressed to the Electoral Commissioner and the Electoral Commissioner is to forward a copy of the writ —
in the case of a Council election, to the returning officer and the returning officer for each district;
[(b) deleted]
in the case of a general election for the Assembly, to the returning officer for each district;
in the case of any other election in a district, to the returning officer for the district.
[Section 74 inserted: No. 36 of 2000 s. 14; amended: No. 20 of 2021 s. 44; No. 30 of 2023 s. 63.]
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