ELECTORAL ACT ____________________________________________________________________________________ (b) provide to the provincial elections officer at the appropriate provincial command centre, the names of at least three provincial office-bearers of the party in that province, any two of who will be authorised to make any countersignature required to be made for the purposes of section 46 for the nomination of candidates for election as councillors in any ward in that province; and (c) if it intends to field party-list candidates in an electoral province, lodge, at the head office of the Commission, copies of nomination papers conforming to section 45E(2) with the provincial elections officer for advance scrutiny by that officer, which copies shall be countersigned by any two of the designated national office-bearers of the party referred to in paragraph (a); and (d) through the head office of the Commission, lodge with the provincial elections officer for advance scrutiny copies of nomination papers for the National Assembly constituency candidates conforming to section 46(1) and (2) (each nomination paper being countersigned by any two of the designated national office-bearers of the party referred to in paragraph (a) and supported by the names of at least five proposed nominators); and (e) lodge with the provincial elections officer at the appropriate provincial command centre, for advance scrutiny by that officer, copies of nomination papers for the nomination of candidates for election as councillors in any ward in that province (each nomination paper being countersigned by any two of the designated provincial officebearers of the party referred to in paragraph (b) and supported by the names of at least five proposed nominators). (2) The Chief Elections Officer shall, after receiving reports from the appropriate provincial elections officers on the results of their scrutiny of the copies of nomination papers lodged in accordance with subsection (1)(c) or (d), inform the designated office-bearers concerned that the papers are in order or request the designated office-bearers concerned to make such corrections or alterations to, or supply such clarifications in connection with, the nomination papers as are required in the interests of accuracy and ensuring conformity with Part XIA section 46, and this Act. (3) The provincial elections officer at the appropriate provincial command centre shall, after scrutinising the copies of nomination papers lodged in accordance with subsection (1)(e), inform the designated office-bearers concerned that the papers are in order or request the designated provincial office-bearers concerned to make such corrections or alterations to, or supply such clarifications in connection with, the nomination papers as are required in the interests of accuracy and ensuring conformity with section 46, and this Act. (4) A political party that complies with this section to the extent of providing, to the satisfaction of the provincial elections officer, the names of at least three office-bearers of the party in accordance with subsection (1)(a), shall have the following privileges— (a) the party concerned will be entitled to nominate substitute candidates for any candidates who have died or withdrawn before polling day in accordance with section 50A; and (b) the party concerned will be entitled to appoint roving political party election agents in accordance with section 93A. [Section inserted by s. 14 of Act No. 6 of 2014] 39 Vacancies and by-elections (1) In the event of a vacancy occurring among the constituency members of the National Assembly, otherwise than through a dissolution of Parliament, the Speaker shall notify the President and the Commission of the vacancy, in writing, as soon as possible after he or she becomes aware of it. [Subsection substituted by s. 15 of Act No. 6 of 2014] (2) The President shall, within a period of fourteen days after— 50