Proceedings on election petitions

13.-(1) All questions which may arise as to the rights of any person to be or remain elected to the office of President or Vice-President shall be referred to and determined by the Supreme Court on an election petition presented by the Attorney-General or by any person entitled under section 16 to present an election petition and in accordance with the procedure laid down in this Part for the trial of an election petition and the

decision of the Election Judge on any such election petition shall be final for all intents and purposes.

(2) The Election Judge on the hearing of an election petition under this section shall have power-

(a) to make a declaration as to the right of any person to be or remain elected to the office of President or Vice-President or as to whether any other person was duly elected to such office;

(b) if any person has no right to be or remain elected to such office grant an injunction restraining such person from acting in such office.

(3) A decision of the Election Judge under this section shall become operative as from the date of its delivery.

(4) At the conclusion of the trial of an election petition the Election Judge shall determine whether the person whose return or election is complained of, or any other and what person, was duly returned or elected, or whether the election was void, and shall certify such determination to the Governor who shall publish the same by notice in the Gazette and the return of the person concerned shall be confirmed or altered, or the Governor shall order the holding of another election, as the case may require, in accordance with such certificate.