Section 250: Insertion of proper surname and other names of candidate—On an

250. Insertion of proper surname and other names of candidate—On an election petition to declare a Legislative Council election null and void and claiming the seat of the sitting member on the ground that he was disqualified from being elected because his name and surname were wrongly described in the nomination paper. HELD the requirements of regulation 7 (3) of the Legislative Council Elections Regulations 1958, are mandatory as regards the proper surname and other names of a candidate, the respondent’s nomination paper not complying with these requirements was invalid and his election therefore null and void. Paruit v Ramsamy (1959).