Derek McDowell (Labour)

I move amendment No. 24:

In page 6, between lines 43 and 44, to insert the following new subsection:

"(6) If the Court finds that the complaint referred to it under subsection (5) is well founded it may direct the respondent to take measures which may include the organisation of new elections.".

This amendment specifically provides that in circumstances in which a court receives a complaint about any aspect of an election, it will have the power to direct that new elections be held in the organisation in question. This power appears implicit in the section in any event because it provides that a court will have power to make an investigation and issue a recommendation. It should, however, explicitly provide that a court may recommend that a new election take place.