(1) On the day and at the place fixed for the nomination of candidates, the returning officer shall attend at 9:00 a.m. to receive the nomination of candidates for the seat to be filled.
(2) Every candidate for election—
(a) must be nominated in writing by not fewer than 6 registered electors of the electoral district for which he or she seeks to be elected; and
(b) must consent in writing to such nomination, in the form set out as Form 7 in Schedule 3.
(3) The nomination of a candidate shall not be deemed to be void for the reason only that subsequent to nomination day, any person by whom his or her nomination paper was signed, is struck off the list of electors for the relevant electoral district.
(4) The returning officer shall at the place and time fixed in subsection (1) and within 3 hours thereafter, receive such nomination papers prepared in accordance with this Act as may be tendered to him or her.
(5) Every candidate shall at the time of his or her nomination deliver or cause to be delivered to the returning officer a statutory declaration of his or her qualification made and subscribed by such candidate or, if the candidate is absent from Saint Lucia on nomination day, by his or her duly authorised agent, in the form set out as Form 8 or Form 8A, as the case may be, in Schedule 3. If such statutory declaration is not delivered as aforesaid the nomination of such candidate shall be void.
(5A) Every candidate shall at the time of his or her nomination deliver or cause to be delivered to the returning officer a coloured passport size photograph of himself or herself. (Inserted by Act 13 of 2016)
(6) Every candidate shall at the time of his or her nomination deposit, or cause to be deposited, with the returning officer, the sum of $500 in cash, and if he or she fails to do so, the nomination of such candidate is void. (Amended by Act 13 of 2016)