Section 39: Nomination for election to Parliament.

(1) Nomination for election to Parliament shall be delivered to the Returning Officer on such day and at suchtime and at such place as may be prescribed by the Electoral Commission. (2) Any such nomination shall not be valid unless the candidate has paid the election fee prescribed by or under an Act of Parliament. (3) Subject to the provision of this section, where only one candidate is nominated at the close of nominations on the nomination day preceding a general election there shall be no election and that candidate declared elected. (4) Where for the purposes of a general election two candidates are nominated but at the close of nominations on the nomination day preceding the elections, only one candidate stands nominated, a further period of seven days shall be allowed for the determination of nomination appeals, and it shall not be lawful for any person so nominated within the said period of seven days to withdraw his nomination. (5) Where at the end of the determination of nomination appeals pursuant to the provisions of the immediately preceding subsection only one candidate stands nominated there shall be no election and that candidate shall be declared elected.