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Electoral Act 2017

227Real justice to be observed

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#### 227 Real justice to be observed 227 Real justice to be observed > The Court of Disputed Returns is to be guided by the substantial merits and good conscience of each case without regard to legal forms or technicalities or whether the evidence before it is in accordance with the law of evidence or not.

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