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Electoral Commission unlawfully added MSCE requirement; Returning Officer unlawfully rejected and failed to transmit nomination papers.
Electoral law — Candidate qualifications — Interpretation of constitutional and statutory requirement to be able to "speak and read English" — Electoral Commission's imposition of MSCE prerequisite held unreasonable and ultra vires; Returning Officer's failure to transmit nomination papers under Section 40 (procedural duty) — Judicial review: illegality, irrationality (Wednesbury), procedural impropriety; mandamus to accept nominations.
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