(1) The place of enquiry shall be headquarters of the Election Tribunal concerned to whom the petition is made:
Provided that the Election Tribunal to whom the petition is made, may on being satisfied that special circumstances exist rendering it desirable that the enquiry should be held elsewhere, fix some other convenient place for this purpose.
(2) The public shall have free access to the place where enquiry into the election petition may be held.
(3) Notice of the time and place of enquiry shall be given to the parties not less than seven days before the first date of hearing.
75. The Election Tribunal to whom the election petition is made, shall after conclusion of the election petition, send a copy of the order to the Director, Urban Local Bodies as soon as possible.
76. If before the decision of the appeal, the appellant or respondent dies, the appeal shall abate, the appellate authority shall cause notice of such event sent to the State Government.
CHAPTER-VIII MISCELLANEOUS
77. If any person disobeys any orders issued by an officer appointed to conduct the election under the Act regarding the performance of an election duty or deliberately absents himself/herself from duty or contravenes any provisions of these rules, he/she shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees.