Section 139: Election petition

139. Election petition.—(1) No election shall be called in question except by an election petition filed by a candidate for that election. (2) In this Chapter— (a) ‘corrupt or illegal practice’ means a ‘corrupt practice’ or an ‘illegal practice’ as defined in Chapter X; (b) ‘petitioner’ means the candidate who has filed an election petition; and (c) ‘respondent’ means a person joined as respondent in the election petition under section 143.

Effective date: 2017-10-02

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