Maximum adjudication time for the full EDR process (days)

Mauritius

Mauritius

Answer
111 days
Source
The Representation of the People Act 1968, 45(2)c, 46, 47Election petition and security for costs - Court(b)the petition shall be presented within 21 days or in the case of Rodrigues 56 days after the date of the return made by the returning officer to the Commission of the member to whose election the petition relates, unless it questions the return or election upon an allegation of illegal practice and specifically alleges a payment of money or some other act to have been made or done since the date of such return by the member, or an agent of the member or with the privity of the member or his election agent in pursuance or in furtherance of the illegal practice alleged in the petition, in which case the petition may be presented at any time within 28 days or, in the case of Rodrigues, 70 days after the date of such payment or other act;46 Trial of election petition (1)During the trial of an election petition the Court may order? (a)(a) the production and inspection of any rejected ballot paper; (b)(b) the inspection of any counted ballot paper; or (c)(c) the opening of any sealed packet of counterfoils of used ballot papers. (2)In making and carrying into effect the order, the Court shall ensure that the way in which the vote of any particular person has been given shall not be disclosed until it has been proved that the vote was given and the vote has been declared by the Court to be invalid. (3)No person who has voted at an election shall, in any legal proceeding to question the election or return, be required to state for whom he has voted. 47 Rules of court Subject to this Act, rules as to the practice and procedure for the service and hearing of election petitions and as to the matters connected therewith and as to the practice and procedure in respect of any application made to the Court under regulations made for the conduct of elections to the Assembly may be made in like manner as rules under the Courts Act.http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/MU/mauritius-representation-of-people-act-1958/at_download/fileMauritius (appeals to privy council) Order, 1968. 3Applications to the Court for leave to appeal shall be made by motion or petition within 21 days of the date of the decision to be appealed from, and the applicant shall give all other parties concerned notice of his intended application.Mauritius (appeals to privy council) Order, 1968. 4 Leave to appeal to the Judicial Committee in pursuance of the provisions of any law relating to such appeals shall, in the first instance, be granted by the Court only? upon condition of the appellant, within a period to be fixed by the Court but not exceeding 90 days from the date of the hearing of the application for leave to appeal, entering into good and sufficient security to the satisfaction of the Court in a sum not exceeding 150,000 rupees for the due prosecution of the appeal and the payment of all such costs as may become payable by the applicant in the event of his not obtaining an order granting him final leave to appeal, or of the appeal being dismissed for non-prosecution, or of the Judicial Committee ordering the appellant to pay the costs of the appeal (as the case may be); http://attorneygeneral.gov.mu/English/Documents/Constitution/6%20MAURITIUSAPPEALSPRIVYCOUNCILORDER1968.pdf
Comment
If petition alleges a payment of money or some other act to have been made, it may be made within 28 days.21+90 = 111 days
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