Section 116. Abatement or substitution on death of respondent

{
    "act_title": "THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, 1951",
    "act_slug": "representation-of-the-people-act-1951",
    "section_label": "Section",
    "section": {
        "number": "116",
        "title": "Section 116. Abatement or substitution on death of respondent",
        "chapter": null,
        "content": "If before the conclusion of the trial of an\nelection petition, the sole respondent dies or gives notice that he does not intend to oppose the petition or\nany of the respondents dies or gives such notice and there is no other respondent who is opposing the\npetition, 1[the High Court] shall cause notice of such event to be published in the Official Gazette, and\nthereupon any person who might have been a petitioner may, within fourteen days of such publication,\napply to be substituted in place of such respondent to oppose the petition, and shall be entitled to continue\nthe proceedings upon such terms as 1[the High Court] may think fit.",
        "footnote": "",
        "is_definition": false,
        "sort_order": 5280
    },
    "prev_section": "112",
    "next_section": "530"
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