Section 253:
consolidated text (as at 2017). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
253. Elections – Nomination of candidates – Declaration relating to community—The applicant, by motion, questioned the correctness of the declaration made by the respondents who were candidates at the general election,
in respect of the community to which they belonged. Preliminary objections
were raised on behalf of some respondents.
HELD there was no need to join the Returning Officers in the suit, the
more so as the Electoral Commissioner was a party. As the law stands, candidates have to make a declaration as to community in their nomination papers but cannot make a false declaration. Wrong assertions as to communities in nomination papers may defeat the purpose spelt out in the Constitution and distort the exercise of allocation of best loser seats. Carrimkhan v
Lew Chin and ors (2000).