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Laws of Malaysia
ACT 5
SECOND SCHEDULE [Subsection 42(1)] ELECTION OFFENCES ACT 1954 ELECTION PETITION RULES 1954 Citation 1.
These rules may be cited as the Election Petition Rules 1954.
Interpretation 2.
In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires— “advocate” includes, in the State of Terengganu, a pleader;
“Judge” means the Election Judge as defined in section 2 of the Election Offences Act 1954; “Registrar” means the Registrar of the High Court and includes the Deputy Registrar and the Senior Assistant Registrar of the High Court. Manner of presentation of petition 3. (1) The presentation of an election petition shall be made by delivering it at the office of the Registrar, and the Registrar or the officer of his department to whom the petition is delivered shall, if required, give a receipt in the following form: Received on the ………...............…………………………… 20 ……… at the Registry of the High Court, a petition touching the election of A.B., ………………………… for …………………… purporting to be signed by …………………………………… (insert the names of petitioners). C.D., Registrar, or other officer to whom the petition is delivered (2) There shall also be left with the petition two copies thereof. Contents and form of election petition 4.
(1) An election petition shall contain the following statements: (a) it shall state the right of the petitioner to petition within section 34 of the Act; and (b) it shall state the holding and result of the election, and shall briefly state the facts and grounds relied on to sustain the prayer.