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ELECTORAL LAW ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1962 - SECT 79

79.(1) A petition questioning any such local election as is referred to in
section seventy-eight (in this Part referred to as a "local election
petition") may be presented either by four or more persons who voted as
electors or had a right so to vote at the election or by a person alleging
himself to have been a candidate at the election.

(2) Any person whose election is questioned by the petition, and [, if the
petition complains of his conduct, the Chief Electoral Officer] may be made a
respondent to the petition.

(3) The petition shall be in the prescribed form signed by the petitioner and
shall be presented to the High Court in accordance with rules of court.

(4) The prescribed officer shall send a copy of the petition to the... clerk
of the local authority for which the election was held who shall forthwith
publish it in the area of that local authority.

(5) A local election petition shall be served in the prescribed manner.

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