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Preparation of panel of candidates.
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6.—(1) Not later than the 16th day of November preceding a Seanad election the Clerk of the Dáil and the Clerk of the Seanad shall each deliver to the Seanad returning officer a statement of the names, addresses, descriptions, and qualifications of the persons nominated by Dáil Eireann and Seanad Eireann respectively for inclusion in the panel of candidates for such election.
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(2) As soon as he has received the said statements the Seanad returning officer shall prepare therefrom the panel of candidates for such election and shall publish the same in the Iris Oifigiúil and shall send a copy thereof by registered post to every member of Dáil Eireann and every member of Seanad Eireann.
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(3) When preparing a panel of candidates under this section the Seanad returning officer shall include in such panel the names of all persons who are named in the said statements sent to him under this section notwithstanding that any of such persons have died or are not qualified for or are or have become disqualified for membership of Seanad Eireann.
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(4) A panel of candidates prepared by a Seanad returning officer under this section shall show in respect of every candidate his name, address, description, and qualifications as stated in the relevant statement furnished to the Seanad returning officer under this section but where any such statement of qualifications exceeds forty words in length the excess over such forty words shall not be inserted in the panel.
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(5) Where the day which under this section is the last day for the doing of any thing falls on a Sunday or is a bank holiday such thing may be done on the next following day which is neither a Sunday nor a bank holiday.
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(6) In this section the word “qualifications” means qualifications for membership of Seanad Eireann under Article 30 of the Constitution.
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