Chapter:	576B	Title:	VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE (ELECTION PETITION) RULES	Gazette Number:	L.N. 151 of 2003
Rule:	20	Heading:	Witnesses' expenses	Version Date:	06/06/2003

The reasonable expenses incurred by a person who gives evidence at the trial of an election petition, equal to such sum of money as would be allowed to such person under section 52 of the High Court Ordinance (Cap 4) if he were a witness in any civil proceedings-

(a) may be allowed to him by a certificate of the Court or of the Registrar; and
(b) shall be deemed to be costs of the election petition.