State Act

THE PUNJAB STATE ELECTION COMMISSION ACT, 1994

35. As soon as the notification calling upon a constituency to elect a member or members is issued, the Election Commission shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint -- (a) the last date for making nominations, which shall be the 1[Third day] after the date of publication of the first mentioned notification, or, if that day is a public holiday, the next succeeding day which is not a public holiday; (b) the date for the scrutiny of nominations, which shall be the day immediately 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; (c) the last date for the withdrawal of candidatures, which shall be the 2[First day] after the date for the scrutiny of nominations or, if that day is a public holiday, the next succeeding day which is not a public holiday; (d) the date or dates on which a poll shall, if necessary, be taken, which or the first of which shall be a date not earlier than the 3[Seventh day but not later than the Tenth day] after the last date for the withdrawal of the candidatures; and (e) the date before which the election shall be completed.