RECOUNT. 
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Within four days after the declaration of the poll any Recount. 
“credible witness” may apply to the County Court Judge 
or to the District Judge, or in the Province of Quebec to 
the Judge of the Superior Court discharging his duties in 
the district, for a recount of the votes on any of the follow- 
ing grounds, viz. that the Returning Officer (1) improperly 
counted, or (2) improperly rejected ballot papers, or (3) that 
a person, whose name was included in or excluded from the 
list of voters, was by the judgment of a Court not entitled 
or was entitled to have his name on such list, or (4) that 
the Returning Officer improperly summed up the votes. 
The application must be supported by affidavit, and if se- 
curity is given to the amount of 100 dollars, the Judge is 
to hold a recount and certify the result to the Returning 
Officer. 
In order to allow time for an application for a recount Return. 
the Returning Officer is not required to make his return to 
the writ of election until after the sixth day from the decla- 
ration of the poll. 
The return is in the following form :— 
I hereby certify that the Member [or Members] 
elected for the Electoral District of - in pur- 
suance of the within given writ as having received the 
majority of votes lawfully given is [or are] A, B and C 
[names as in nomination papers] 
Signed R. O. 
Returning Officer. 
The return, together with a report, and other documents 
are transmitted by post to the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery. 
A duplicate of the return is sent to each candidate, and a 
notice of the return is published in the Canada Gazette, 
The expenses of the Returning Officer are borne by the Expenses. 
Dominion. The Governor-General by warrant directs the 
Minister of Finance to pay the necessary fees, allowances