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Persons permitted to attend at the ruling on nominations. 
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21.—The following (and no other) persons shall be entitled to be present at the ruling on nominations: 
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(a) the presidential returning officer and his assistants, 
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(b) the judicial assessor and one person brought by the assessor to attend on him, 
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(c) the persons purported to be nominated as candidates at the election concerned, 
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(d) the authorised representatives (if any) of the persons purported to be so nominated, but not more than one such representative of each such person, 
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(e) not more than 2 other persons brought by each person purported to be so nominated (or, if the person is not present, by the person's authorised representative) to assist the person or the representative, 
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(f) witnesses giving oral evidence, but only while giving such evidence, 
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(g) such other persons as the presidential returning officer thinks proper to admit. 
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