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Nomination of candidates for Oireachtas sub-panel casual vacancy.
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67.—(1) The following provisions shall have effect in relation to the nomination of candidates at an election to fill an Oireachtas sub-panel casual vacancy:
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(a) a nomination shall be made in writing on a nomination paper in the prescribed form;
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(b) a nomination paper shall contain the particulars required by the prescribed form of nomination paper to be stated therein, and in particular, a statement of the qualifications of the person thereby nominated for the panel mentioned in the relevant Seanad bye-election order;
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(c) a nomination paper shall be signed by one member of the Oireachtas as proposer and by eight other members of the Oireachtas as assenting to the nomination;
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(d) a nomination paper shall be delivered or sent by post to the Seanad returning officer.
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(2) Where the Seanad returning officer receives a nomination paper before four o'clock in the afternoon on the day before the day which is appointed by the relevant Seanad bye-election order to be the last day for receiving nominations, the Seanad returning officer shall forthwith communicate in writing to the Clerk of Dáil Eireann the fact of the nomination paper having been so received and the name, address, and description, as stated in the nomination paper, of the candidate and the name, as similarly stated, of the proposer of the candidate.
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(3) As soon as may be after twelve o'clock noon on the day which is appointed by the relevant Seanad bye-election order to be the last day for receiving nominations, the Seanad returning officer shall send to the Clerk of Dáil Eireann a list stating (in the alphabetical order of their surnames and, in case of identity of surname, their other names) the names, addresses, and descriptions, as stated in their respective nomination papers, of the candidates in respect of whom he had received nomination papers before twelve o'clock noon aforesaid and also stating, in respect of every such candidate, the name, as similarly stated, of his proposer.
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(4) Any nomination paper received by the Seanad returning officer after twelve o'clock noon on the day which is appointed by the relevant Seanad bye-election order to be the last day for receiving nominations shall be void.
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(5) If a member of the Oireachtas signs two or more nomination papers as proposer or as assenting (whether he signs both or all of the nomination papers in the same or in different capacities), both or all of the nomination papers shall be wholly void.
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(6) Where the Seanad returning officer receives a nomination paper at an election to fill an Oireachtas sub-panel casual vacancy (other than a nomination paper declared by this Act to be wholly void or a nomination paper so received after the time limited by this Act for such receipt), he shall hold the nomination paper available for inspection by candidates between the hours of 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on week-days during the period beginning on the day after the day of receipt of the nomination paper and ending on the day of the ruling upon nomination.
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