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| (1) Where the Commissioner has reasonable cause to believe that difficulties may arise at an election which is due to be held in any electoral district by reason of the fact that there are rival sections of a recognized political party all of whom claim to be that party, the Commissioner may, in order to remove such difficulties, issue in his absolute discretion a direction to the returning officer for that district that in the case of such election such recognized political party is either any one such section or none of such sections. It shall be the duty of such returning officer or any other officer, at such election, to act in accordance with that direction. |
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| (2) No suit or other proceeding shall lie against
| | (a) the Commissioner by reason of his having issued a direction under subsection (1) ; or | | |
| | (b) a returning officer or any other officer for any act or thing done or omitted to be done in accordance with that direction. | | |
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| (3) A direction issued to a returning officer under subsection (1) shall be final and shall not be called in question in any court. |
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| (4) The preceding provisions of this section and any direction issued thereunder shall have effect notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other provisions of this Act. |
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