Presidential Elections Act, 1937

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The judicial assessor.

13.—(1) The President of the High Court or some other judge of the High Court nominated by him shall attend at the ruling upon nominations and there sit with and act as judicial assessor to the presidential returning officer.

(2) The presidential returning officer may, on his own motion, and shall, if so requested by a candidate or the representative of a candidate, refer to the judicial assessor any question arising during the ruling upon nominations in relation to any nomination paper or the nomination of any candidate or any other matter connected with the nomination of candidates.

(3) The judicial assessor shall there and then decide and announce his decision on every question referred to him under this section by the presidential returning officer.

(4) The decision of the judicial assessor on any question referred to him under this section by the presidential returning officer shall be final and shall not be open to review by any court.

(5) A question may be referred to the judicial assessor under this section whether the presidential returning officer has or has not himself given a decision thereon.