Application to be substituted as plaintiff on abatement
30.—(1) Where an application under section 71 is abated by the death of a sole or surviving plaintiff, the solicitor acting for the deceased plaintiff in the proceedings at the date of his death or, if the deceased plaintiff had no such solicitor, the defendant learning of his death, shall —
(a)
give notice thereof in Form 4 in the Schedule to the Registrar;
(b)
where the notice is given by the solicitor of the deceased plaintiff, serve a copy of such notice on the defendant; and
(c)
publish at his own expense the notice in the Gazette or in at least one local newspaper circulating in Singapore.
[S 279/2017 wef 01/06/2017]
(2) Within one month from the day of the publication of a notice of abatement of an application under section 71 in the Gazette or a local newspaper, or such further time as upon consideration of any special circumstances the Judge may allow, any person who might have been a plaintiff in respect of the election to which the application under section 71 relates may apply by summons to the Judge to be substituted as a plaintiff.
(3) The Judge may, if he thinks fit, substitute as a plaintiff any such applicant who is desirous of being substituted and on whose behalf security to the same amount is given as is required in the case of a new application under section 71.