THE KERALA MUNICIPALITY ACT, 1994* - nrcddp

(3) Where the candidate is a person who, having held any office referred to insection 86 has been dismissed or removed and a period of five years has not elapsed since thedismissal or removal, such person shall not be deemed to be duly nominated as a candidateunless his nomination paper is accompanied by a certificate issued in the prescribed mannerby the State Election Commission to the effect that he has not been dismissed or removed forcorruption or disloyalty.(4) On the presentation of a nomination paper, the Returning Officer shall satisfy himselfthat the names and electoral roll numbers of the candidate and his proposer as entered in thenomination paper are the same as those entered in the electoral roll:Provided that no misnomer or inaccurate description or clerical, technical or printing error isregarded to the name of the candidate or his proposer or any other person or in regard to any place,mentioned in the electoral roll or the nomination paper and no clerical, technical or printing error inregard to the electoral roll numbers of any such person in the electoral roll or the nomination paper,shall affect the full operation of the electoral roll or the nomination paper with respect to such personor place in any case where the description in regard to the name of the person or place is such as to becommonly understood: and the Returning Officer shall permit any such misnomer or inaccuratedescription or clerical, technical or printing error to be corrected and were necessary, direct that anysuch misnomer, inaccurate description, clerical, technical or printing error in the electoral roll or in thenomination paper shall be overlooked.(5) Nothing in this section shall prevent any candidate from being nominated by morethan one nomination paper:Provided that not more than three nomination papers shall be presented by or on behalf of anycandidate or accepted by the Returning Officer.109. Deposits.— (1) A candidate shall not be deemed to be duly nominated for election from award in a Municipality unless he deposits or causes to be deposited such sum as may be prescribed:Provided that in the case of candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes or theScheduled Tribes, the amount of deposit shall be fifty percent of the amount prescribed:Provided further that where a candidate has been nominated by more than one nomination paper,not more than one deposit shall be required of him under this sub-section.(2) Any sum required to be deposited under sub-section (1) shall not be deemed to havebeen deposited under that sub-section unless, at the time of delivery of the nomination paper undersub-section (1) of section 108 the candidate has either deposited or caused to be deposited that sumwith the Returning Officer in cash or enclosed with the nomination paper a receipt showing that thesaid sum has been deposited by him or on his behalf in the office of such authority as may be notifiedby the Government.110. Notice of nominations and the time and place for their scrutiny.— The ReturningOfficer shall, on receiving the nomination paper under sub-section (1) of section 108 inform theperson or persons delivering the same, of the date, time and place fixed for the scrutiny ofnominations and shall enter on the nomination paper its serial number, and shall sign thereon acertificate stating the date on which and the hour at which the nomination paper has beendelivered to him; and shall, as soon as may be thereafter, cause to be affixed in some conspicuousplace in his office a notice of the nomination containing descriptions similar to those contained inthe nomination paper, both of the candidate and for the proposer.111. Scrutiny of nominations.— (1) On the date fixed for the scrutiny of nominationsunder section 105 the candidates, their election agents, one proposer of each candidate and oneother person duly authorised in writing by each candidate, but no other person, may attend atsuch time and place as the Returning Officer may appoint and the Returning Officer shall give