In force1984 Revised EditionCurrent version · 1984 Revised EditionSee versions on Attorney General's Chambers(opens the publisher’s site)
Election Offences Act · 1984 Revised Edition · Part VII
Election Offences Act · 1984 Revised Edition · Part VII
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
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 declaration that the election is void;
a declaration that the person was not duly elected or ought not to have been returned;
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Election Offences
a declaration that any candidate was duly elected and ought to have been returned;
where the seat is claimed for an unsuccessful candidate on the ground that he had a majority of lawful votes, a scrutiny.