Maximum complaint time since announcement of election results

Election Offences AndControversies Rules, (1959)

Petitions

8. Form of petition.

Every petitionshall be addressed “To the Supreme Court of Barbados “. It shall be in the formset out in Appendix B to these rules with such variations as the particularcircumstances may require.

APPENDIX B FORM1

Petition in Respect of a General Assembly Election

The petition of(here insert name or names and address or addresses)

She weth asfollows-

 1. Your petitioner is a person who voted (orhad a right to vote, as the case may be) at the above election (or claims tohave a right to be elected or returned at the above election) or was acandidate at the above election.

2. Yourpetitioner states that the election was held on the day of 19 when (name ofcandidate or candidates) were candidates and the returning officer has returnedX as duly elected.

3. Yourpetitioner states that (here set out the facts and grounds on which petitionerrelies).

Wherefore yourpetitioner prays that it might be determined (here state

relief prayedfor).

Dated this dayof 19 .

Petitioner.

The address forservice for the petitioner is

Theattorney-at-law for the petitioner is   serviceis

whose addressfor

Where there ismore than one petitioner the plural is to be used.

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