A

C

– Certification to Director of Elections – Whether section 114(1) includes corrupt practice; purposive construction to remedy inadvertent legislative omission; use of legislative history (Objects and Reasons, Hansard) to ascertain intent; avoidance of absurdity and discriminatory effect; compatibility with constitutional guarantees; limits on judicial reading-in of words

D

E

Elections – Election petitions – Security for costs – Parliamentary lawmaking powers – Equality before the law – Right of access to courts – Constitutionality of mandatory deposit as security for costs – Judicial discretion – Discrimination against indigent litigants

B

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

proof of alleged campaign meetings and linked corrupt practices; defamation in political campaigns — imputations of criminal conduct, wide publication and effect on free and fair elections; Rule 6 Election (Election Petition) Rules — court’s power to consider unpleaded or time‑barred matters where evidence is before the court; evidentiary contradictions and standard of proof in election petitions.

Q

R

S

T

U

V

VOTES OF REGISTERED VOTERS WHO DID NOT VOTE, PRO-RATA APPORTIONMENT OF

W

Y

Z