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ELECTORAL LAW ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1962 - SECT 44

Disputed claims.

44.(1) If the election agent disputes any claim duly sent in to him under
section forty-three or refuses or fails to pay the claim within the period of
twenty-eight days so provided, the claim shall be deemed to be a disputed
claim.

(2) The claimant may, if he thinks fit, bring an action for a disputed claim
in any competent court, and any sum paid by the candidate or his agent in
pursuance of the judgment or order of the court shall not be deemed to be in
contravention of sub-section (1) of section thirty-nine or of sub-section (2)
of section forty-three.

(3) If the defendant in the action admits his liability but disputes the
amount of the claim, the said amount shall, unless the court on the
application of the plaintiff otherwise directs, be forthwith referred for
taxation to the proper officer of the court and the amount found due on the
taxation shall be the amount to be recovered in the action in respect of the
claim.

(4) Sub-sections (3) and (4) of section forty-three shall apply in relation to
a disputed claim as they apply in relation to a claim for election expenses
sent in after the said period of fourteen days.

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