BCUPE Rules 6Chapter 0 · Preliminary

Section 6 · Notice of election

(a)

Notice of the time and place of election shall be given by publication under the signature of the Secretary, in one issue of a daily newspaper in the State not less than 60 clear days before the date of election. The notification shall specify inter alia:-

(i)the dates for nominations;

(ii)the dates for scrutiny;

(iii)the dates for withdrawal of the candidature;

(iv)the date or dates of polling;

(v)the last date on which the voting papers despatched by post should reach the secretary;

(vi)The date and place and time for counting of votes; and

(vii)the minimum number of seats that should be filled from amongst advocates who on the relevant date will have been on the State roll for at least 10 years.

Provided that the last date for the filling of the nomination shall not be less than 35 clear days before the date of the election and that there shall be at least 5 clear days after the last date of the scrutiny for withdrawal of the candidature. Copies of the notice shall be affixed on the Notice board of the Bar Council, and sent to the Advocate-General and to the Bar Association.

(a)Copies of the above notice shall be put up on the notice board of the Bar Council and sent to (i) Bar Associations, and (ii) the Advocate-General and, (iii) shall also be sent to the official gazette of the State for publication.

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