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Maximum adjudication time for the full EDR process (days)

Tonga

Tonga

Answer
Not specified
Source

Electoral Act 1989 (withappropriate reference to Electoral Amendment Act 2010), PART III - ELECTIONS,17, p. 12

 

 

17 Recounts.

(2) Uponreceipt of a demand for a recount and after payment of the fee payable undersubsection (5), the Supervisor shall recount the votes in that district and hemay substitute his decision concerning any doubtful ballot paper for that madeby the returning officer or the officer in charge of the polling station.

 

 

31Trial of petition

(1)   The Court may in its discretionadjourn the trial from time to time, but the trial shall, so far as ispracticable consistently with the interests of justice in respect of the trial,be continued from day to day on every lawful day until its conclusion.

 

 

http://legislation.to/Tonga/DATA/PRIN/1989-022/ElectoralAct1989.pdf

Comment
Inthe case of first instance the time for processing the complaint is notspecified. In the case of last instance the law does put any time limit (“be continued from dayto day on every lawful day until its conclusion”)
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