69. Penalty for delay, neglect or refusal of returning officer to return elected candidate
If any returning officer wilfully delays, neglects or refuses duly to return any person who ought to be returned to serve in the House of Assembly for any electoral district, and if it has been determined on the hearing of an election petition respecting the election for such district that such person was entitled to have been returned, the returning officer who has so wilfully delayed, neglected or refused duly to make such return of his or her election shall forfeit to the person aggrieved the sum of $2,500 and costs in addition to all damages sustained.