Maximum complaint time since announcement of election results
Montserrat
ELECTIONS ACT (1952-01-30) ( Revised Edition, as at 1January 2008)
PART IVELECTION PETITIONS
Presentation of election petition and security for costs
53. (1) The following provisions shall apply with respect to the presentation ofan election petition—
(a) the petition shall be presented within 21 days after the return made by the returning officerof the member to whose election the petition relates, unless it questions thereturn or election upon an allegation of corrupt practices and specificallyalleges a payment of money or other reward to have been made by any member, oron his account, or with his privity, since the time of such return, inpursuance or in furtherance of such corrupt practices, in which case thepetition may be presented at any time within 28 days after the date of such payment;
(b) at the time of the presen tation of the petition, or within three daysafterwards, security for the payment of all costs, charges and expenses thatmay become payable by the petitioner—
(i) to anyperson summoned as a witness on his behalf; or
(ii) to themember whose election or return is complained of, or to any other person namedas a respondent in the petition,
shall be givenon behalf of the petitioner;
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