See Municipal Election Petition Rules
(England).
Time within which petition must be presented.
8.88(4)
8.88(4)
Municipal Elections (Corrupt & Illegal Practices) Act, 1884 8.25(1).
Ibid. 8.25(2).
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them, as well as the certifying and reporting on them and
may from time to time amend or revoke such rules and make
other or additional rules.
149. (1) Subject to the provisions of this section,
an election petition must be presented
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(a) in the case of an election which is not contested,
within twenty-one days after the publication by
the returning officer of the list of persons
elected, and
(b) in the case of a contested election, within
twenty-one days after the declaration by the
returning officer of the result of the election.
(2) If the election is questioned on an allegation of
corrupt practices and the petition specifically alleges a
payment of money or other reward to have been made since the
time of the election by the candidate elected thereat, or on
his account or with his privity, in pursuance or in furtherance
of such corrupt practices, it may be presented at any time
within twenty-eight days after such payment.
(3) If the election is questioned on the ground of an
illegal practice, it may be presented at any time before the
expiration of fourteen days after the day on which the clerk
of the Council receives the return and declaration respecting
election expenses by the candidate to whose election the
petition relates, or where there is an authorized excuse for
failing to make the return and declaration, within fourteen
days of the allowance of the excuse.
(4) If the election is questioned on the ground of an
illegal practice and the petition specifically alleges a
payment of money or other act made or done since the cleation
by the candidate elected thereat or by his agent, or with the
privity of the candidate in pursuance or in furtherance of
such illegal practice, it may be presented at any time within
twenty-eight days after such payment or act, whether or not
any other petition against that person has been previously
presented or tried.
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