§ 5906 — Costs when sitting member unseated

Delaware § 5906

• Jurisdiction: Delaware
• Title: 15
• Part: General Elections
• Ch. 59: CONTESTED ELECTIONS
• Subch.: Members of the General Assembly

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If the house having cognizance of the matter determines that the sitting member is not entitled to that sitting member’s own seat, it may order that the costs incurred by such contested election be paid by the State.

Legislative History

Code 1852, § 432; Code 1915, § 1898; Code 1935, § 2016; 15 Del. C. 1953, § 5906; 51 Del. Laws, c. 149, § 7 ; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1