(8)
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or
who fails to furnish a substituted petitioner with evidence
as required by subsection (5) commits an offence and is
liable to a fine of $5,000, and in case of an individual,
to imprisonment for 6 months.
Abatement of
election petition.
37. (1) An election petition shall, in the case of
an election petition presented by one or more individuals,
be abated by the death of that petitioner or the death
of the survivor of those petitioners.
(2) The abatement of an election petition under
subsection (1) shall not affect the liability of the estate
of the petitioner or the liability of any other person for
the payment of costs previously incurred.
(3) On the abatement of an election petition the
Registrar shall cause a 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 petitioner, and the Court
may, if it thinks fit, substitute that person accordingly.
(4)
Security shall be given on behalf of a
petitioner so substituted to the like extent as in
the case of an original election petition.