Time for presentation

(1) Every election petition shall be presented within twenty- one days of the date of publication of the result of the election in the Gazette, provided that– (a) an election petition questioning the return or the election upon the ground of a corrupt practice and specifically alleging a payment of money or other act to have been made or done since the date aforesaid by the member whose election is questioned or by an agent of the member or with the privity of the member or his election agent in pursuance or in furtherance of such corrupt practice may, so far as respects such corrupt practice, be presented at any time within twenty- eight days after the date of such payment or act; (b) an election petition questioning the return or the election upon an allegation of an illegal practice may be presented at any time within twenty- eight days after the date of such payment or other act if the election petition specifically alleges a payment of money or other act to have been made or done since the said day by the member whose election is questioned or by an agent of the member or of his election agent in pursuance or in furtherance of the illegal practice alleged in the petition. (2) An election petition presented in due time may, for the purpose of questioning the return or the election upon an 98 allegation of a corrupt or illegal practice, be amended with the leave of a Judge of the Supreme Court within the time within which an election petition questioning the return or the election upon that ground may be presented.