(a) dies, resigns or otherwise ceases to hold the
office to which the election petition relates;
or
(0) gives the Registrar notice that he does
not intend to oppose the election petition,
the Registrar shall cause notice thereof to be published
in the Gazette, and within 14 days after the publication
of such notice any person who might have been a
petitioner in respect of the election may apply to
the Court to be substituted as a respondent to oppose
the election petition, and shall be substituted accordingly.
(2) A respondent who has given notice under sub-
section (1)(b) shall not be allowed to appear or act as
a party against the election petition in any proceedings
thereon.
Validation
of acts
done pending election petition.
39. Where under section 35 the Court certifies
a determination that a candidate declared to have
been elected in an election has not been duly elected,
acts done by him in the execution of his office as an