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Appendix
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In deciding an elected person according to the present article, when the number of ballots is equal, the individual who is the senior in point of birth shall be elected, and when they are both of the same age, it shall be decided by drawing lots.

Article LXXI.—When the elected person has been decided, the Chairman of Election shall at once communicate the fact to the person concerned.

Article LXXII.—Upon the receipt of notice of election, mentioned in the preceding article, every elected person shall communicate to the Chairman of Election whether he accepts or not.

One and the same person cannot accept the election of several different election districts.

Article LXXIII.—Those elected persons shall be considered to have declined their election who have not made the communication of acceptance within twenty days from the day on which they received notice of election.

Article LXXIV.—In case there is no elected person, the local Governor shall fix the date and shall carry out a new election, proclaiming previously the date therefor.

In case the number of persons elected does not come up to the required number, the local Governor shall, in conformity with the precedent mentioned in the preceding article, cause an election to be held to fill up the deficiency in the number.

The rules of the preceding two clauses shall also apply when an elected person is lacking for a cause coming under clauses 2 and 3 of Article LXX.

An election mentioned in the present article may not be held during the period allowed for filing a suit mentioned in Articles LXXX and LXXXII, or till the settlement of judgment in a case where a suit has been filed.

Article LXXV.—When an elected person has accepted his election, the local Governor shall at once give him a certificate of election, and publish his name throughout the extent of his jurisdiction, at the same time reporting thereon to the Minister of State for Home affairs.

Article LXXVI.—When owing to a suit either about election or about returns, either the one or the other has been invalidated; or when after the issue of a certificate of election the election has been invalidated as a result of punishment for an offence committed rela-

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