How is Appointment of dates for nominations, etc? Section 30 of Representation of the People Act, 1951
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 seventh 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 second 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 fourteenth day after the last date for the withdrawal of candidatures; and
(e) the date before which the election shall be completed.
The Representation of the People Act 1951
Section 22 Assistant returning officers
Section 24 General duty of the returning officer
Section 25 Provision of polling stations for constituencies
Section 26 Appointment of presiding officers for polling stations
Section 27 General duty of the presiding officer, Section 28 Duties of a polling officer
Section 29 Special provisions in the case of certain elections
PART IVA REGISTRATION OF POLITICAL PARTIES
Section 29B Political parties entitled to accept contribution
Section 29C Declaration of donation received by the political parties
PART V CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS
CHAPTER I Nomination of Candidates