Election petitions

( 1) No election of a Councillor shall be called in question except by an election petition presented to the Divisional Commissioner, having jurisdiction over that municipal area hereinafter in this Chapter referred to as the prescribed authority within thirty days from the date of the publication of the result of the election under section 18. (2) An election petition calling in question any such election may be presented on one or more of the grounds specified in section 24, by any candidate at such election or by any elector of the ward concerned. (3) Petitioner shall join as respondents to his petition all the candidates at his election. ( 4) An election petition- ( a) shall contain a concise statement of the material facts on which the petitioner relies; {b) shall, with sufficient particulars, set forth the ground or grounds on which the election is called in question ; and (c) shall be signed by the petitioner and verified in the manner laid down in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), for the verification of pleadings.

1. (2) An election petition calling in question any such election may be presented on one or more of the grounds specified in section 24, by any candidate at such election or by any elector of the ward concerned.
2. (3) Petitioner shall join as respondents to his petition all the candidates at his election.

1. (c) shall be signed by the petitioner and verified in the manner laid down in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), for the verification of pleadings.