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(1) An appeal shall lie to the District Judge of the District in which the area of Board is situated as herein provided from any decision of a Returning Officer accepting or rejecting a nomination paper. (2) Any candidate aggrieved by a decision of the Returning Officer accepting or rejecting a nomination paper may present an appeal therefrom to the District Judge within a period of seven days from the date of publication of the list of validly nominated candidates: Provided that such candidate has, not later than 3 O’clock in the afternoon of the day next following the said date, given the Returning Officer a notice in writing of his intention to appeal under this section.