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Law relating to the electoral code › Title 6 › Chapter 3

SECTION 181

(1) Candidatures shall, within 15 (fifteen) days from the convening of the electorate, be made out in nomination paper in 3 (three) copies, bearing the legalized signature of candidates and submitted at the council branch of Elections Cameroon against a receipt. (2) The nomination paper shall contain the following particulars: (a) the full name, date and place of birth, filiation and occupation of candidates; (b) the name of the list and the political party sponsoring such list; (c) the symbol selected for the purpose of printing ballot papers or of identifying the party; (d) the name of the representative of the list, whether he is a candidate or not, and the address of his residence; (e) evidence of representation of sociological components of the constituency in drawing up the list; (f) evidence of consideration of gender aspects in drawing up the list. (3) Any emblem comprising all of the following 3 (three) colours : green, red and yellow shall be forbidden.
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