Is there a legally mandated filing fee and/or deposit?
Pakistan
Answer
- Yes, filing fee
- Yes, deposit
Source
Representation of the PeopleAct, 1976
CHAPTER VII ELECTIONDISPUTES
(2) An electionpetition shall be presented to the Commissioner within [forty-five days] of thepublication in the official gazette of the name of the returned candidate andshall be accompanied by a receipt showing that the petitioner has deposited atany branch of the National Bank of Pakistan or at a Government Treasury orsub-Treasury in favour of the Commissioner, under the prescribed head ofaccount, as security for the costs of the petition, a sum of one thousandrupees.
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