(a)discovery and inspection;
(b)enforcing the attendance of witnesses and requiring the deposit of their expenses;
(c)compelling the production of documents;
(d)examining of witnesses on oath;
(e)granting adjournments;
(f) reception of evidence taken on affidavit; andr ^
(g) issuing of commissions for the examination of witnesses.' m-
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101.Documentary evidence - Notwithstanding any thing contained in any other law to the contrary, no document shall be inadmissible in evidence at the trial of an election petition on the ground, that it is not duly stamped or registered.
102.Omitted
103.Omitted
104.Secrecy of voting not to be infringed- No witness or other person shall be required to state for whom he has voted at an election.
105.Omitted
106.Omitted
107.Order as to costs- The court may, while making an order under section 19 of the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 also fix thereby total amount of costs payable:
Provided that where a petition is dismissed under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 19 of C^Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 the returned candidate shall be entitled to the costs incurred by him in tcontesting the petition and accordingly the court shall make an order for costs in favour of the returned /^_candidate.
'"V,108. Communication of order to the Director and transmission of the record of the case- The court V1shall, after announcing the order made by it under Section 19 of the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 , send a copy of the order and records of the case to the Director.
c109. Deposit of security - (1) The petitioner shall enclose with the petition a receipt showing that a f~deposit of five hundred rupees has been made by him with the Director or any officer designated by him for ^^the purpose, as security for the costs of the petition.
C^(2) No person shall be entitled to be joined as a respondent unless he has given such security for costs, as the court may direct r i110. Costs-Costs, including pleader's fee, shall be in the discretion of the court and shall be paid out of *-^,the security deposit provided for in rule 109 and the balance, if any, may be recovered through the court
111. Payment of costs out of security deposit and return of such deposits- (1) If in any order as to costs ^^under provision of this Part, there is a direction for payment of costs by any party to any person, such costs shall, if they have not been already paid, be paid in fill, or so for as possible, out of security deposit made by Csuch party under this Part on an application made in writing in that behalf within a period of six months from the date of the order of the court to the Director by the person in whose favour the costs have been awarded.
,If there is any balance left of the said security deposit after payment under sub-rule (1) of the costs referred to in that sub-rule, such balance, or where no costs have been awarded or no application as c c c c c c '9 34DELHI GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY|PART IV aforesaid has been made within the said period of six months, the whole of the said security deposit may. on an application made in that behalf in writing to the Director by the person by whom the deposit has been/ made, or if such person dies after making such deposit by the legal representative of such persons, be returned to the said person or to his legal representative, as the case may be.
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