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THE REPRESENTATION OF THEPEOPLE ACT (1944-11-20)

PART V

47 Recount byResident Magistrate

(1) If withinfour days after the day on which the returning officer has declared a candidateelected it is made to appear, on the affidavit of a credible witness, to theResident Magistrate hereafter described, that a returning officer in countingthe votes has improperly counted or improperly rejected any ballot papers orhas made an incorrect addition of the number of ballots cast for any candidate,and if the applicant deposits within the said period with the clerk of theCourt of such Resident Magistrate the sum of forty dollars as security for thecosts of the candidate declared elected, the Resident Magistrate shall appointa time within four days after the receipt of the affidavit to recount the saidvotes.

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(4) TheResident Magistrate shall appoint and give written notice to the candidates ortheir agents of a time and place at which he will proceed to recount the votes.

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48 Manner ofmaking recount

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(4) The Resident Magistrate shall,as far as practicable, proceed continuously, except on Sunday with the recount,allowing only necessary adjournments for rest and refreshment, and excludingthe hours between six o'clock in the afternoon and nine in the succeedingforenoon.

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ElectoralCommission of Jamaica,