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3(1)A nomination may be withdrawn by notice of withdrawal delivered to the returning officer or the town clerk, as the case may be, at the place appointed for the delivery of nomination papers not later than the time appointed for that purpose by Part II of this Schedule:
Provided that a nomination may not be withdrawn if its effect would be to reduce the total number of persons nominated for the election below the number necessary to supply the vacancies to be filled up in the electoral division, burgh or ward, as the case may be, at that election, and notices of withdrawal shall take effect in the order in which they are delivered.
(2)A notice of withdrawal shall be in the appropriate form contained in Part V of this Schedule or in a form substantially to the like effect and shall be signed by the person nominated or by a solicitor duly authorised by him and shall be attested by two witnesses.
(3)If a candidate dies after his nomination and before the latest time for delivery of nomination papers, his nomination shall be deemed to have been withdrawn, and the election shall proceed as if he had not been nominated.
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