15Immaterial errors

15 Immaterial errors

(1)  The Supreme Court is not to make an order under regulation 14(1)(d) declaring that an election is void because of –

(a) a delay in the taking of the votes of electors, or in the forwarding of a certificate of election under section 304 of the Act, if the delay did not affect the result of the election; or

(b) the absence of, or an error or omission by, an electoral officer which did not affect the result of the election.

(2)  If an elector was prevented from voting at an election because of the absence of, or an error or omission by, an electoral officer, the Supreme Court may not admit evidence of the way in which the elector intended to vote in order to determine whether or not the absence of, or error or omission by, the electoral officer affected the result of the election.