(a) Any vacancy occurring or existing after the date of the primary in any party nomination, 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 if there are vacancies in the party ticket.
(b) Upon the making of a substituted nomination referred to in subsection (a) of this section in accordance with the party rules, the chairman and secretary of the party committee making the nomination shall file with the Supervisor of Elections or with his deputy in the election district in which the substituted candidate resides, a nomination certificate which shall be signed by the chairman and secretary of such committee.
(c) The nomination certificate shall set forth—
(1) the office and the election district, if any, for which it is filed;
(2) the cause of the vacancy;
(3) the rule or rules of the political party, setting forth the provisions applicable to a substituted nomination;
(4) that a quorum of the committee, caucus, or convention, as provided by the party rules, duly convened, and the names of those present at the meeting and all proxies;
(5) that such persons are the duly appointed or elected members of such committee, caucus, or convention;
(6) the name, residence, and occupation of the candidate duly nominated at such meeting; and
(7) a statement by, and under the signature of the candidate duly nominated that he is an enrolled member of the political party nominating him, and that he accepts the nomination.
(d) Every certificate of nomination prepared and filed under this section shall be sworn to or affirmed by the chairman and secretary of the committee before an officer qualified to administer oaths.