# The Recall of MPs Act 2015 (Recall Petition) Regulations 2016, Paragraph 10: Procedure on recall petition complaints


In section 139 (trial of petition)—
(a) in subsection (1), for “, in the case of” to the end substitute “14 days before the day of trial”;
(b) in subsection (3)—
(i) for “respondent” substitute “the MP to whom the petition related”;
(ii) omit the words after “prorogation of Parliament”;
(c) in subsection (4), omit the second paragraph;
(d) for subsection (5), substitute—
“(5) On the trial of a complaint of an undue result in a recall petition, the respondent may give evidence to prove that the result was not undue in the same manner as if the respondent had presented a petition.”;
(e) omit subsection (6).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111141991/schedule/4/paragraph/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-recall-of-mps-act-2015-recall-petition-regulations-2016/schedule-4/paragraph-10
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