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| (1) A petitioner shall join as respondents to his election petition-
| | (a) Where the petition, in addition to claiming that the election of all or any of the returned candidates is void or was undue, claims a farther declaration that be himself or any other candidate has been duly elected, all the contesting candidates, other than the petitioner, and where no such declaration is claimed, all the returned candidates ; and | | |
| | (b) any other candidate or person against whom allegations of any corrupt or illegal practice are made in the petition. | | |
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| (2) Any candidate not already a respondent to an election petition shall, upon application in that behalf made by him to the Election Judge, be entitled to be joined as a respondent to such petition : |
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