(2) On the hearing of an application for leave
under subsection (1) any person who might have been a
petitioner in respect of the election, or the Attorney
General, may apply to the Court to be substituted as
petitioner, and the Court may if it thinks fit substitute
that person or, as the case may be, the Attorney General
accordingly.
(3) Where any application to withdraw or abandon or
to cease to prosecute any election petition is, in the
opinion of the Court, induced by any corrupt bargain
or consideration, the Court may direct that
the security given on behalf of the original
petitioner shall remain as security for any costs
incurred by the substituted petitioner, and that
to the extent of such sum
as the Court may direct the
original petitioner (and that original petitioner's
sureties, if any) shall be liable to pay the costs
of the substituted petitioner.
(4) Except in the case of the Attorney General,
where the Court does not so direct, security in the
same amount as would be required to be given under