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Tied vote.
57. If there are two or more candidates for election as
President, and the votes for those candidates are equally divided, so
that there is a tied vote, then, subject to section 53 of this
Constitution, another vote or other votes may be taken, in the
same proceedings or at adjourned proceedings, until a candidate
receives the requisite majority referred to in subsection (5) of
section 54 of this Constitution.
58. (1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, an
instrument which -
(a) in the case of an uncontested election for the
office of President, is signed and sealed by the
Speaker, Deputy Speaker or Clerk, as the case
may be, and states that a person named in the
instrument was the only person nominated for
the election and was in consequence declared
elected; or
(b) in the case of an election contested at a
meeting of the National Assembly, is signed
and sealed by the Speaker, Deputy Speaker or
Clerk, as the case may be, and states that a
person named in the instrument was declared
elected at that meeting in consequence of the
ballot,
shall be conclusive evidence that the person so named was so elected,
and subject to subsection (2) of this section, no question as to the
validity of the election of the person so named shall be inquired into
in any court.
(2) The Court of Appeal shall have exclusive
jurisdiction to hear and determine any question as to the validity of an
election of a President in so far as that question depends upon the
qualification of any person for election or the interpretation of this
Chapter, and the decision of that Court under this subsection shall be
final.
Determining
questions as
to elections.
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