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Commissioner in accordance with the rules and procedures prescribed by the Election
Commission.
Each Election Commissioner who witnesses a commission of an offence shall
have the power to exercise the power under (3) in respect of the polling station or the
constituency in which the commission of the offence is witnessed, in accordance with the
rules, procedures and conditions prescribed by the Election Commission.
Section 225. Prior to the announcement of the result of an election or a
selection, if there is evidence to reasonably believe that such election or selection has not
proceeded in an honest or just manner, the Election Commission shall have the power to
order a new election or selection to be held in such polling station or constituency. If the
person who has committed such act is a candidate for the election or selection, as the case
may be, or such person has connived at the act of other persons, the Election Commission
shall temporarily suspend the right of such person to stand for an election in accordance
with the section 224 (4).
The order under paragraph one shall be final.
Section 226. When proceedings under section 225 are undertaken, or after
announcing the result of an election or selection, if there appears evidence to reasonably
believe that a candidate of the election or selection has committed a dishonest act in the
election or selection or has connived at such act of other persons, the Election Commission
shall submit a petition to the Supreme Court for an order to revoke the right to stand for
election or the right to vote of such person.
The consideration of the Supreme Court under paragraph one shall be based
upon the file of the investigation or inquiry of the Election Commission, and in the interest
of justice, the Court shall have the power to order an inquiry for additional facts or
evidence.
In the case where the Supreme Court has rendered a judgment deciding that
the person under paragraph one has committed an offence as petitioned, the Supreme
Court shall order the revocation of the right to stand for election or the right to vote of such
person for a period of ten years, in accordance with the Organic Act on the Election of
Members of the House of Representatives, or the Organic Act on Installation of Senators, as
the case may be.
When the Supreme Court has ordered to accept the petition for
consideration, if the accused is a Member of the House of Representatives or a Senator, that
person shall cease performing duties until the Supreme Court renders a judgment deciding
that he or she has not committed an offence. Upon conviction by a judgment of the
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