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ELECTORAL (AMENDMENT) DECREE 1979 Decree No. 15 THE FEDERAL MILITARY GOVERNMENT hereby decrees as follows: 1. In section 34A of the Electoral Decree 1977 (as inserted by the Electoral (Amendment) Decree 1978 for the existing subsection (6) there shall be substituted the following new subsection : "(6) In default of a candidate duly elected in accordance with subsection (5) (b) of this section the Federal Electoral Commission shall within seven days of the result of the election arrange for an election to be held [20th April 1979] in the House of Assembly at which the only candidates shall be (…