Section 291: Candidates available—A declaration was sought to the effect that

291. Candidates available—A declaration was sought to the effect that there were no longer unreturned candidates for the purpose of filling vacancies CON – 241 [Issue 1] The Constitution in the Legislative Assembly, on the ground that the availability of candidates unreturned at the general elections of 1967 for that purpose could have lasted only until 1972, because the life of the Legislative Assembly was by section 57 (2) of the Constitution itself fixed to 5 years. HELD since under section 8 (3) of the Mauritius Independence Order, 1968, persons who were unreturned candidates at the general elections of 1967 were to be so regarded until the dissolution of the existing Parliament which had been prolonged by the Constitution of Mauritius (Amendment) Act, 1969, until 1976, those persons should be regarded as unreturned candidates until 1976. Jeetah v Electoral Supervisory Commission (1975).