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Procedure before the 1[Civil Judge (Junior Division)] :– (1) Sub- ject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder every election Petition shall be tried by the 1[Civil Judge (Junior Division)] as nearly as may be, in accordance with the procedure applicable under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908) to the trial of suits. (2) The 1[Civil Judge (Junior Division)] shall not be required to record or to have the evidence recorded in full but shall make a memorandum of the evidence sufficient in his opinion for the purpose of deciding the case. (3) The 1[Civil Judge (Junior Division)] shall, for the purpose of de-