Section 78: Lodging of account with the district election officer.
1[(1)] Every contesting candidate at an election shall, within thirty days from the date of election of the returned candidate or, if there are more than one returned candidate at the election and the dates of their election are different, the later of those two dates, lodge with the 2[district election officer] an account of his election expenses which shall be a true copy of the account kept by him or by his election agent under section 77.
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1. Section 78 re-numbered as sub-section (1) of that section by Act 47 of 1966, s. 36 (w.e.f. 14-12-1966). 2. Subs. by s. 36, ibid., for "returning officer" (w.e.f. 14-12-1966). 3. Omitted by Act 2 of 2004, s. 3 (w.e.f. 29-10-2003).
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