Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act, 1947

Applications for registration in register of nominating bodies.

9.—(1) Any body which desires to be registered in the register of nominating bodies in respect of any particular panel and claims to be eligible for registration in that register in respect of that panel may apply for that purpose to the Seanad returning officer in accordance with this section.

(2) The following provisions shall have effect in relation to applications for registration in the register of nominating bodies at the preparation of that register:

(a) an application shall be made in writing on an application paper in the prescribed form provided by the Seanad returning officer;

(b) the Seanad returning officer shall furnish free of charge on request to any body which proposes to apply for registration an application paper for that purpose;

(c) an application shall be delivered or sent by post to the Seanad returning officer at his office on or before the date specified in that behalf in the notice published under section 10 of this Act and any application which is received at that office after that date shall not be entertained or considered by the Seanad returning officer;

(d) an application shall state the panel in respect of which the applicant desires to be registered and the grounds on which the applicant claims to be eligible to be registered;

(e) an application shall also state all such things in relation to the applicant as are indicated in that behalf in the prescribed form of application paper.