27. Section 78 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following new section substituted therefor:
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| | (1) Every election petition shall be tried by the Chief Justice or by a Judge of the Supreme Court nominated by the Chief Justice for the purpose. | | |
| | (2) The Chief Justice or the Judge so nominated is, in this Order, referred to as the " Election Judge ". | | |
| | (3) For the purpose of summoning or compelling the attendance of witnesses at the trial of an election petition, the Election Judge shall have the same power, jurisdiction, and authority as are possessed and exercised by the Judge of a District Court in the trial of a civil action and witnesses shall be sworn in the same manner, as near as circumstances will admit, as in the trial of such an action, and shall be subject to the same penalties for the giving of false evidence. | | |
| | (4) The Election Judge shall be attended on the trial of an election petition in the same manner as if he were a Judge of the Supreme Court sitting at Assizes. | | |
| | (5) Unless otherwise ordered by the Chief Justice, all interlocutory matters in connection with an election petition may be dealt with and decided by any Judge of the Supreme Court.". | | |
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