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(0) grant an injunction resuraining the defendant from 90 acting: Bud
(ii) order that the defendant shall forfeit to the Crown such sum as the court thinks fit, not exceeding one thousand dollars for each occasion on which he so acted while disqualified; (b) in proceedings in a magistrate's court, the court may, subject to the provisions of this paragraph, on conviction impose on the defendant a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars for each occasion on which he so acted while disqualified,
(3) Where proceedings are josliluted under this paragraph in a magistrate's cow-
(a) it the magistrate is satisfied that the matter in question would be more properly dealt with in the Supreme Court, he shall order the discontinuance of proceedings in the magistrate's court, (5) if on application made to the Supreme Court by the defendant within fourteen days after service of the summons upon him, the Supreme Court is satisfied that the matter in question would ba more properly dealt with in the Supreme Court, the Supreme Court may make an order, which shall not be subject to any appeat, requiring the magistrate to order the discontinuance of proceedings in the magistrate's court,
(4) When in proceedings instituted under this paragraph in the Supreme Court it is proved that the defendant claims to act as a member and is disqualified for so acting, the Court may make a declaration to ibal cffcel and that the office in which the defendant claims to be equited to act is vacant, und may grant an injunction restraining him from so acting.
(5) No proceedings shall be instituted under this paragraph by any person other than an elector or the Attorney General.
(6) Where proceedings are instinted under this paragraph by a person other than the Attorney General such proceedings shall thereafter be stayed until such person shall give security for all costs, charges and expenses which may become payable by him to any witness summoned on his behalf or to a defendant.
(7) The security shall be of such amount, not exceeding five thousand dollars, and shall be given in such manner and form as the Court may direct.
(8) Except as provided by this paragraph, no proceedings shall be instituted against a person on the ground that he has while disqualified for acting as a member, so acted or claimed to be entitled so to act
(9) For the purposes of this paragraph, a person shall be deemed
to be disqualified for acting as a member--
() if he is not qualified to be, or is disqualified for being, a
member; or
(b) if by reason of failure to make and deliver the declaration of acceptance of office within the period required, resignation of failure to attend meelings of the Council, as the case may be, he has ceased to be a member.
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(4. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Schedule the Governor in Council may by regulation provide for the general conduct of elections. including-
(a) the nomination of candidates therefor including the filing of consent to such nomination and the withdrawal of any such nomination;
(b) the lodgement of deposits by or on behalf of candidates and
the forfeiture thereof;
(c) the appointment of persons to assist the returning officer in the
conduct of the election;
(d) the appointment by the candidate of certain persons to assist
him in connexion with the ckclion;
(e) the conduct of polling stations and the regulation of the ballot;
(n the counting of votes:
(g) the declaration of the results of elections;
(4) the disposal of ballot papers and other such papers after an
election:
(0 generally, the carrying into effect of the provisions of this Part
of this Schedule,
(2) Any regulation made under this paragraph may provide that a contravention thereof shall be an offence and may provide penalties for such offence not exceeding a fine of one thousand dollars and imprison- macnl for six months.
PART IV
ELECTION PRTITIONS
19. In this Part, "Court" means the Supreme Court and "RegistrarTM* means the Registrar of the Supreme Court.
20. (1) An election may be questioned by an election petition on the following grounds or any of them--
(a) that the election was wholly avoided by general bribery, treating,
undue jofluence, or personation; or
(b) that the election was avoided by corrupt practices or by illegal
practices committed at the election; or
(c) that the person whose election is questioned was at the time
of the election disqualified; or
(d) that the person whose election
or
questioned was not duly elected;
(e) that illegal practices committed in reference to the election of a candidate thereal, so extensively prevailed that they may be reasonably supposed to bave affected the result of the election; or
( on any other ground provided by any enactment whereon an
election may be questioned.
(2) No election may be questioned on any one or more of these grounds except by an election petition,
Power to make regullor.
Interpremalipo,
Power to question election by Petition.