(a) Any vacancy happening or existing in any party nomination made in accordance with the provisions of section nine hundred ninety-three of this act¹ for a November election by reason of the death or withdrawal of any candidate may be filled by a substituted nomination made by such committee as is authorized by the rules of the party to make nominations in the event of vacancies on the party ticket, in the form prescribed by section nine hundred ninety-four of this act.² But no substituted nomination certificate shall nominate any person who has already been nominated by any other political party or by any political body for the same office, unless such person is a candidate for the office of judge of a court of common pleas, the Philadelphia Municipal Court or for the office of school director in districts where that office is elective or for the office of justice of the peace.³

(b) In case of the death or withdrawal of any candidate nominated by a political body for an election, the committee named in the original nomination papers may nominate a substitute in his place by filing a substituted nomination certificate in the form and manner prescribed by section nine hundred eighty of this act.⁴ In the case of a vacancy caused by the death of any candidate, said nomination certificate shall be accompanied by a death certificate properly certified. No substituted nomination certificate shall nominate any person who has already been nominated by any political party or by any other political body for any office to be filled at the ensuing November election, unless such person is a candidate for the office of judge of a court of common pleas, the Philadelphia Municipal Court or for the office of school director in districts where that office is elective or for the office of justice of the peace.

(c) Substituted nomination certificates to fill vacancies caused by the withdrawal of candidates nominated for a November election in accordance with the provisions of section nine hundred ninety-three of this act shall be filed with the officer or board with whom the original nomination certificates or papers were filed not later than seven (7) days after the last day for filing the original nomination certificates or papers.

(d) Substituted nomination certificates to fill vacancies caused by the death of candidates nominated for a November election in accordance with the provisions of section nine hundred ninety-three of this act shall be filed in the office of the officer or board with whom the original nomination certificates or papers were filed at any time prior to the day in which the printing of ballots is started.