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ELECTORAL LAW ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1962 - SECT 87

Substitution of new petitioner.

87.(1) On the hearing of the application for leave to withdraw, any person who
might have been a petitioner in respect of the election may apply to the court
to be substituted as a petitioner, and the court may, if it thinks fit,
substitute him accordingly.

(2) If the proposed withdrawal is in the opinion of the court the result of
any agreement, terms or undertaking prohibited by section eighty-six or
induced by any corrupt bargain or consideration, the court may by order direct
that the security given on behalf of the original petitioner shall remain as
security for any costs that may be incurred by the substituted petitioner, and
that, to the extent of the sum named in the security, the original petitioner
and his sureties shall be liable to pay the costs of the substituted
petitioner.

(3) If the court does not so direct, then security to the same amount as would
be required in the case of a new petition, and subject to the like conditions,
shall be given on behalf of the substituted petitioner within the prescribed
time after the order of substitution and before he proceeds with his petition.

(4) Subject as aforesaid, a substituted petitioner shall, as nearly as may be,
stand in the same position and be subject to the same liabilities as the
original petitioner.

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