# Representation of the People Act 1985, Paragraph 49


In section 140 (witnesses)—
(a) subsection (5) (duty of Director of Public Prosecutions to obey the election court’s directions concerning the summoning and examination of witnesses) shall cease to have effect; and
(b) in subsection (7)—
(i) for the words “Subsections (5) and (6) above do” there shall be substituted the words “Subsection (6) above does”;
(ii) for the word “shall”, where it first occurs, there shall be substituted the words “may, if the Lord Advocate so decides, and shall, if the election court so requests”; and
(iii) the words from “and shall give” to the end of the subsection shall cease to have effect.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/50/schedule/4/paragraph/49 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1985/schedule-4/paragraph-49
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