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(7) An appeal from a decision of an election tribunal or Court of Appeal in an election matter shall be heard and disposed of within 60 days from the date of the delivery of judgment of the tribunal or Court of Appeal; (8) Where a preliminary objection or any other interlocutory issue [Subsection (8) is substituted by touching on the jurisdiction of the tribunal or court in any pre- Constitution of the election matter or on the competence of the petition itself is raised Federal Republic of by a party, the tribunal or court shall suspend its ruling and deliver Nigeria, 1999 (Fourth it at the stage of final judgment; Alteration No.21) Act 2017] (9) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Constitution, [Subsections (9) every pre-election matter shall be filed not later than 14 days to(14) are inserted by Constitution of the from the date of the occurrence of the event, decision or action Federal Republic of complained of in the suit. Nigeria, 1999 (Fourth Alteration No.21) Act (10) A Court in every pre-election matter shall deliver its judgment 2017] in writing within 180 days from the date of filing of the suit. (11) An appeal from a decision in a pre-election matter shall be filed within 14 days from the date of delivery of the judgment appealed against. (12) An appeal from a decision of a Court in a pre-election matter shall be heard and disposed of within 60 days from the date of filing of the appeal. (13) An election tribunal or court shall not declare any person a winner at an election in which such a person has not fully participated in all stages of the election. (14) For the purpose of this section, “pre-election matter” means any suit by – (a) an aspirant who complains that any of the provisions of the Electoral Act or any Act of the National Assembly regulating the conduct of primaries of political parties and the provisions of the guidelines of a political party for conduct of party primaries The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Updated with the First, Second , Third and Fourth Alterations 183