Requirement to hold a hearing

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Answer
Yes
Source

PresidentialElections Act (No. 15 of 1981)

Powers of theSupreme Court to hear election petitions relating to the election of thePresident,

 

92. The hearing anddetermination of a proceeding relating to the election of the President shallbe by at least five Judges of the Supreme Court of whom, unless he otherwisedirects, the Chief Justice shall be one.

 

source: http://www.commonlii.org/lk/legis/num_act/pea15o1981280/s92.html
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