Section 42
SEC. 42. Section four hundred and seventy-five of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 475. Procedure when election results in tie.—In case the board of canvassers, or the Governor-General, as the case may be, decides that an election for senator or member of the House of Representatives results in a tie, they shall certify their decision, together with the statements and all papers upon which the same is based, to the Senate or House of Representatives, as the case may be, which body shall have jurisdiction of the matter thereafter; in case the board of canvassers shall decide that an election for provincial governor results in a tie it shall similarly certify the matter to the Senate, which shall have jurisdiction to declare either of the tied candidates elected or to order a special election, as it may decide; but without prejudice in either case to the right of any candidate to contest the election as hereinafter provided."