ELECTORAL ACT ____________________________________________________________________________________ (a) the provincial elections officer has reported that— (i) the substitute candidate qualifies for nomination, the Chief Elections Officer shall forthwith declare the substitute candidate to be duly nominated and make arrangements for the printing of the ballot papers requiring to be modified or, if the ballot papers concerned have already been printed, for them to be withdrawn and reprinted with the particulars of the substitute candidate; or (ii) he or she cannot ascertain whether the substitute candidate qualifies for nomination for want of specified information, the Chief Elections Officer shall forthwith inform the designated office bearers of the qualifying political party who lodged the nomination paper for the substitute candidate of the need to submit the specified information forthwith to the Chief Elections Officer, who shall thereupon determine whether the substitute candidate qualifies for nomination and, if the candidate so qualifies, forthwith proceed in accordance with subparagraph (i); or (iii) the substitute candidate does not qualify for nomination for any specified reason, the Chief Elections Officer shall forthwith inform the designated office bearers of the qualifying political party who lodged the nomination paper for the substitute candidate of the disqualification of the substitute candidate concerned and of the reasons for the disqualification; or (b) the designated office bearers of the qualifying political party who lodged a nomination paper for a substitute candidate do not timeously comply with a request for specified information under paragraph (a)(ii) or, having complied, the Chief Elections Officer finds that the substitute candidate does not qualify for nomination for any specified reason, the Chief Elections Officer shall forthwith inform the designated office bearers of the disqualification of the substitute candidate concerned and of the reasons for the disqualification. (5) For the purposes of subsections (3) and (4) the word “forthwith” shall be so construed that not more than seventy-two hours must lapse from the time— (a) a nomination paper for a substitute candidate is lodged with the National Command Centre in terms of subsection (2); and (b) a final declaration is made by the Chief Elections Officer in accordance with subsection (4) (a) or (b) (as the case may be) whether a substitute candidate qualifies for nomination. (6) A qualifying political party may nominate any other substitute candidate in the place of one who is disqualified under subsection (4)(a) or (b), but only in relation to the substitution of a duly nominated candidate whose withdrawal or death was notified to the Chief Elections Officer no later than seven days after after5 the nomination day or last nomination day, as the case may be, fixed in terms of section 38(1)(b)(i). [Section inserted by s. 23 of Act No. 6 of 2014] PART XIII PREPARATION FOR AND VOTING AT POLL 51 Polling stations (1) Subject to this section, the Commission shall in each constituency establish, at such convenient places as it may determine, as many polling stations as it may consider to be necessary for the purposes of conveniently taking a poll of the voters of that constituency: Provided that the Commission— 5 Sic: ibid. 74