Section 62Section 62

s. 62

62 (1) The High Court Division may, upon the conclusion of the trial of an election petition, make an order- (a) dismissing the petition; (b) declaring the election of the returned candidate to be void; (c) declaring the election of the returned candidate to be void and the petitioner or any other contesting candidate to have been duly elected; or (d) declaring the election as a whole to be void. (2) Save as provided in clause (3), the decision of High Court Division on an election petition shall be final. [(3) Any person aggrieved by a decision of the High Court Division may, within thirty days of the announcement of the decision, appeal to the Appellate Division, if it grants leave to appeal.]

1. 199. Clause (3) was substituted by section 27 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)