Section 76: Effect on determination of notice of appeal.

(1) If the Local Government Council Election Tribunal shall have determined that a candidate returned of notice of as elected was not duly elected, then any candidate declared by the tribunal as elected shall from the time of the decision of the Local Government Council Election Tribunal be deemed to be duly elected until any determination of the competent High Court to the contrary.
(2) If the Local Government Council Election Tribunal shall have determined that a candidate returned as elected was not duly elected and that the election was avoided then if notice of appeal from such determination shall have been given within one month, the candidate returned as elected shall, notwithstanding the decision of the Local Government Council Election Tribunal, be deemed to have been duly elected for the period until the determination of the competent High Court is given on such appeal or the appeal is abandoned.