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Notice to be given of day fixed for ward elections.— 8[(1)] 9[Seven days] atleast before the day fixed for a ward election 10[* * *] notice of such election shall be given by 11[the State Election Commissioner]. Such notice shall be given by advertisement in the 12[Official Gazette] and in the local newspapers, and 13[* *] by posting placards in conspicuous places in the ward for which election is to take place. 14[(2) The notice referred to in sub-section (1) shall, in addition to the day fixed for election, specify the day on which the poll shall, if necessary, be taken, which shall be a day not earlier than the twenty- first day after the day fixed for the election.]