Signature and effect of certificate and report

1 The certificate and any report of the court at the conclusion of the trial of an election petition shall be signed by at least 2 of the Judges presiding at the trial. 2 On being informed by the Speaker of the certificate and any report of the court, the House of Representatives shall order the same to be entered in the Journals of the House, and shall give the necessary directions for confirming or altering the return, or for issuing a writ for a new election, or for carrying out the determination, as the circumstances may require. 3 Where the court makes a special report, the House may make such order in respect of that report as the House thinks proper. 1956 No 107 s 172