Section 251: On an election petition to declare the return of the respondent as an

251. On an election petition to declare the return of the respondent as an elected member of the Legislative Council void on the ground that his nomination paper did not satisfy the requirements of the law for the reason that he had subscribed it in the surname and names of Ah-Chuen, Jean Etienne Moi-Lin while according to his act of birth his correct surname and name were Ah-Chuen, Moi-Lin. [Issue 1] CON – 234 Revised Laws of Mauritius HELD a mistake in the name or surname of a candidate in his nomination paper or the use of a name of surname by which a candidate claims to be commonly known but which is different from that appearing on his birth certificate cannot invalidate his nomination paper unless his identity is thereby so obscured as materially to impair the achievement of the object of the regulation governing the nomination of candidates. Mootoosamy v Ah-Chuen (1964).