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33. Any person who might have been a petitioner in respect of the election to which the petition relates, may, within five days after such notice of application for leave to withdraw is published by the District Commissioner, give notice in writing, signed by him or on his behalf, to the Chief Registrar, of his intention to apply at the hearing to be substituted for the petitioner, but the want of such notice shall not defeat such application, if in fact made at the hearing.