Pakistan Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Rules, 1976 — section 30

30. (1) After the publication of the list under Rule 29 the Returning Officer shall publish a programme of the election of the members of the Pakistan Bar Council in the official gazette, specifying:

(a)the date, not being a date later than fifteen days of the notification under Rule 29, by which proposals for election are to be delivered at the office of the Returning Officer;

(b)the date for the scrutiny of such proposals;

(c)the date for the publication of the list of candidates;

(d)the date by which the candidate may withdraw his nomination paper;

(e)the date by which the final list of candidates shall be published;

(f)the date on which the voting shall take place;

(g)the date on which the result of election shall be declared; and

(h)the date by which objections to the validity of election of a member shall be filed: Provided that there shall be an interval of at least seven days between the date by which proposals are to be delivered and the date for their scrutiny, an interval of at least ten days between the date for scrutiny and the date on which voting shall take place, and an interval of at least seven days between the date on which the result of the election is declared and the date for filing objections to the election.

(2)The place of the office of the Returning Officer shall also be specified in the notification and the location of the office shall not be changed during the course of election except for compelling reasons and notice of such change be published in at least one leading daily of each province not later than four days before the change takes place.

(3)Copies of the programme shall be sent to the Chief Justice of Pakistan for information and to all the voters.