Election Offences Act · s 38

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s 38

All or any of the following reliefs to which the peti-tioner may be entitled may be claimed in an election peti-tion, namely -

(a)

a declaration that the election is void;

(b)

a declaration that the person was not duly elected or ought not to have been returned;

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(c)

a declaration that any candidate was duly elected and ought to have been returned;

(d)

where the seat is claimed for an unsuccessful candidate on the ground that he had a majority of lawful votes, a scrutiny.