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| (1) A petitioner shall join as respondent to his election petition
| | (a) where the petition, in addition to claiming that the election of the returned candidate is void or was undue, claims a further declaration that he himself or any other candidate has been duly elected, all the contesting candidates, other than the petitioner, and where no such further declaration is claimed, the returned candidate ; 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 Supreme Court, be entitled to be joined as a respondent to such petition: |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts