2. Interpretation
In these Rules —
“Act” means the Elections Act;
“Civil Procedure Rules” means the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Civil Procedure Rules, 2000;
“corrupt practice” means bribery, treating, undue influence, personation or any other offence defined or recognised as a corrupt practice by the laws of Saint Lucia;
“Court” means the High Court of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court established by the Supreme Court Order;
“Court of Appeal” means the Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court established by the Supreme Court Order;
“court office” means the Registry of the High Court;
“election offence” means an offence under Part 6 of the Act;
“election petition” means a complaint of an undue return or undue election of a member of the House of Assembly presented to the High Court under the Act, and of these Rules;
“judge” means a judge of the Court and includes the Chief Justice, any puisne judge and any acting Chief Justice or acting puisne judge;
“petitioner” means a person —
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(a) who voted or had a right to vote;
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(b) claiming to have had a right to be returned; or
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(c) alleging himself or herself to have been a candidate,
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at an election to which an election petition relates and who presents that election petition to the High Court under these Rules;
“Registrar” means the Registrar of the High Court;
“respondent” means a person against whom an election petition is presented to the High Court;
“returning officer” means the returning officer appointed by the Commission under section 29 of the Act for the electoral district to which the election petition relates.