Legislative Council (Elections).


 .54. If in the case mentioned in subsection (8) of section 49
of this Ordinance the returning 'officer is not an elector, or if,
being an elector he declines to vote, he shall make a special return
of the result of the election, and the Legislative Council shall
have the right by resolution to choose one of such candidates to
be the member for that electoral district.

 55. (1) The Supervisor of Elections, shall keep the election
documents referred to in subsection (1) of section 52 of this
Ordinance in safe custody and shall allow no person to have
access to them : Provided that if an election petition has been
presented questioning the validity of any election or return the
said Supervisor shall, on the order of a Judge of the Supreme
Court, deliver to the Registrar of the Supreme Court the
documents relating to the election that is in dispute : Provided
also that after the expiration of twelve months from the day of
any election it shall be lawful for the Supervisor of Elections to
cause the said documents used at such election to be burnt.

 (2) No such election ,documents in the custody of the
 Supervisor of Elections shall be inspected or produced except
 under the order of a Judge of the Supreme Court : and an order
 under this subsection may be made by any such Judge on his
 being satisfied by evidence on oath that the inspection or
 production of suchaelection documents is required for the purpose
 of instituting or maintaining a prosecution for an offence in
 relation to an election or for the purpose of a petition which has
 been filed questioning an election or return.
 (3) Any such order for the inspection or production of
 election documents may be. made subject to such conditions as to
 persons, time, place and mode of inspection or production as the
 Judge deems expedient.


Power of
Council to elect
in event of
equality of
votes.


-Custody of
 election
 'documents by
\ Supervisor of
 Elections.


 (4) All other reports or statements received from election
officers, all instructions issued by the Supervisor of Elections
pursuant to the provisions of this Ordinance, all decisions or
rulings by him upon points arising thereunder, and all
correspondence with election officers or others in relation to any
election shall be public records,-and may be inspected by any
person upon.request during business hours.

 (5) Any person may take extracts therefrom and shall be
entitled to certified copies of the papers relating to any subject
upon payment for the preparation of such certified copies at the
prescribed rate.

 (6) Any sich copies purporting to be certified- by the
 Supervisor of Elections- under his hand shall be receivable in
 evidence without further proof: thereof.


1951.


No. .