(1) An election petition-
(a) shall contain a concise statement of the material facts on which the petitioner relies;
(b) shall set forth full particulars of any cor rupt practice that the petitioner alleges, in cluding as full a statement as possible of the names of the parties alleged to have committed such corrupt practice and the date and place of the commission of each such practice; and
(c) shall be signed by the petitioner and veri fied in the manner laid down in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act No. V of 1908), for the verification of pleadings :
Provided that where the petitioner alleges any cor.rupt practice, the petition shall also be accompanied by an affidavit in the prcscri•· bed form in support of the allegation of such corrupt practice and the particulars thereof. j
(2) Any schedule or annexure to the petition shall also be signed by the petitioner and verified in • the same manner as the petition.
i l'ruced ure on 38. If the prescribed security is not furnished in· r~ceivm~. elec- the prescribed manner or the pPtition is not present-t10n petition. ' · - .
ed within the period specified in section 36, the prescribed authority shall dismiss the petition :
Provided that the petition shall not be dismissed without giving the petitioner an opportunity of being heard.
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39. Any authority empowered in this behalf by Power to with.
th St t G · draw and trans-, e a_ e overnment may, at any stage after notice fer petitions.
to parties and for reasons to be recorded, withdraw any election petition pending before a prescribed authority and transfer it for trial to another prescribe~ authority_ ; and upon such transfer, that prescribed authority shall proceed with the trial from the stage at which it was withdrawn : 1
Provided that such authority may, if it thinks fit, recall and re-examine any of the witnesses already examined.