Application to be substituted as petitioner on abatement

(1) Notice of abatement of a petition by the death of the petitioner or surviving petitioner, shall be given by any party or person interested in the same manner as a notice is given of an application to withdraw a petition, and the time within which application may be made to a judge to be substituted as a petitioner shall be one calendar month, or such further time as upon consideration of any special circumstances the judge may (2) Any person who might have been a petitioner in respect of the election to which the petition relates may apply to the judge to be substituted as a petitioner. (3) The judge, may, if he thinks fit, substitute as a petitioner any such applicant who is desirous of being substituted and on Belize City Council 81 whose behalf security to the same amount is given as required in the case of a new petition.