Cap 576B rule 22 Forfeiture of recognizance (VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE (ELECTION PETITION) RULES; VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION ORDINANCE)

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Chapter:	576B	Title:	VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE (ELECTION PETITION) RULES	Gazette Number:	L.N. 151 of 2003
Rule:	22	Heading:	Forfeiture of recognizance	Version Date:	06/06/2003

(1) Every person who entered into a recognizance relating to an election petition shall be held to have made default in the recognizance, if-

(a) the petitioner concerned neglects or refuses, for 3 months after demand, to pay-

(i) any sum due to any person called as a witness on his behalf or the respondent; or

(ii) the costs of that person or the respondent; and

(b) the neglect or refusal is proved to the Court within 1 year after the demand.

(2) The Court may enforce the sum due under a recognizance forfeited by it in the same manner as a judgment for the payment of money.