Clause 9

by inserting, immediately after the word “No”, the words “omission and no”; and

by renumbering the section as subsection (1) of that section, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following subsections:“(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), no nomination paper shall be rejected, and no objection shall be allowed, on account of —

any error or omission in a nomination paper in relation to the description of, or any particulars in respect of, the candidate or person seeking nomination, or his proposer or seconder or any of his assentors, if the particulars contained in the nomination paper are sufficient to identify the candidate or person seeking nomination, or his proposer, seconder or assentor, as the case may be;

any error or omission with regard to any place specified in a nomination paper, if such place is otherwise sufficiently identifiable from the particulars given in the nomination paper; or

any error or omission that is corrected before 12 noon on nomination day in accordance with section 11A.(3) In this section —

“error” includes any misnomer, misspelling, misprint, misplacement, mistake, inaccuracy, omission, and any clerical, technical or printing error, and any error of any other description or nature; and

“particulars” and “description” each includes anything stated or required to be stated in respect of any person or place in the nomination paper.”.