LawgistThe Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Act
17Orders of the Supreme Court
1[17. Orders of the Supreme Court.-- (1) At the conclusion of the trial of the election petition, the Supreme Court shall make an order--
(a) dismissing the election petition; or
(b) declaring the election of the returned candidate to be void; or
(c) declaring the election of the returned candidate to be void and the petitioner or any other candidate to have been duly elected.
(2) At the time of making an order under sub-section (1), the Supreme Court shall also make an order fixing the total amount of costs payable and specifying the persons by and to whom costs shall be paid.]
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1. Subs. by Act 20 of 1977, s. 2, for Part III.
DISPUTES REGARDING ELECTIONS
- 13 Definitions
- 14 Authority to try election petitions
- 14A Presentation of petition
- 15 Form of petitions, etc., and procedure
- 16 Relief that may be claimed by the petitioner
- 17 Orders of the Supreme Court
- 18 Grounds for declaring the election of a returned candidate to be void
- 19 Grounds for which a candidate other than the returned candidate may he declared to have been elected
- 20 Transmission of orders to the Central Government and its publicatio
