2023 Laws not yet authenticated through a Commencement Order

Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)

4.   Form of election petition

An election petition as set out in Form 1 of the Schedule shall —

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    (a)     be signed by the petitioner or by all the petitioners if more than one;

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    (b)     state the right of the petitioner to petition under section 88 of the Act;

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    (c)     state the date and result of the election to which the election petition relates;

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    (d)     state the grounds on which relief is sought, setting out with sufficient particularity the facts relied on to sustain the prayer, but not the evidence by which they are to be proven;

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    (e)     be divided into consecutively numbered paragraphs, each of which, as much as possible, shall be confined to a distinct portion of the subject;

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    (f)     conclude with a prayer, setting out particulars of the relief sought, for instance, that a specified person should be declared duly returned or elected, or that the election should be declared void, or that a return may be enforced; and

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    (g)     state the particulars for service under rule 8.