Section 107: Notification for election

107. Notification for election.— 1[(1) The Commission shall, by notification in the official Gazette, call upon the Members of the Assembly of a Province or, as the case may be, the National Assembly to elect such number of Members to the Senate from that Province or the Islamabad Capital Territory, as the case may be, as is specified in the notification.] (2) The Commission shall in the same notification fix— (a) the last date for making nominations, which shall be the second day after the publication of the notification or, if that day is a public holiday, the next succeeding day which is not a public holiday; (b) the last date for publication of the names of the nominated candidates, which shall be the day following the last date of filing of nomination papers; (c) the last date for the scrutiny of the nominations, which shall be the third day following the last date for making nominations or, if that day is a public holiday, the next succeeding day which is not a public holiday; (d) the last date for filing of appeals against acceptance or rejection of nominations, which shall be the second day following the last date for the scrutiny of nominations or, if that day is a public holiday, the next succeeding day which is not a public holiday; (e) the last date for decision of appeals, which shall be the second day following the last date for filing of appeals or, if that day is a public holiday, the next succeeding day which is not a public holiday; (f) the last date for publication of the revised list of candidates, which shall be the day following the last date for decision of appeals; (g) the last date for the withdrawal of candidature, which shall be the day following the last date of publication of revised list of candidates or, if that day is a public holiday, the next succeeding day which is not a public holiday; and (h) the date on which a poll shall, if necessary, be taken, which shall be a date not earlier than the seventh day after the publication of the revised list of candidates. (3) A Returning Officer shall, within three days after the publication of a notification under sub-section (1), give public notice of the dates specified by the Commission in respect of election to the Senate from a Province 1[or the Islamabad Capital Territory], as the case may be, of which he is the Returning Officer and the public notice shall be published at some prominent place in his office. (4) A Returning Officer shall, by the public notice given under subsection (3), invite nominations specifying the time by which and the place at which nomination papers shall be received by him.

Effective date: 2017-10-02

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