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( I ) The petition shall be presented on ol petitiom. ,one or more of the grounds specified in section 44-L before the Election Commissioner as specified in sub-section (2) together with a deposit of 3 [ t ~ ~ hundred rupees] as security for costs within fifteen days .after the day dn which the result of the election was announced: Provided that if the office of the Election Commis- sioner is closed on the last day of the period of limitation as aforesaid the petition may be presented on the next day on which such office is. open : fiirvided further that if the petitioner satjsties h e . Election Com&ssioner that suficient cause existed for the failure to present the petition within the eriod aforesaid the >Election Commissioner may in &s discretion condone- such failure : Provided also that in. cases where the result of the dlection was announced prior to the 26th day of January 1961, the aforeasid period of limitation shall be computed from the said ,date. [(Z) The SISubordinate Judge ] .having juris- diction over the place at whicb the office of the Samiti is situated shall be the Election Commissioner.] [(3) An election petition presented before a [Subordiaate Judge] may either suo motu or on appli- cation, be. transferred by the District Judge to any other [Subordinate Judge] -subord~nate to him.) I-