Title 2 — The Congress
Chapter 12 — Contested Elections
§ 395. Death of contestant
Statutory text
In the event of the death of the contestant, the contested election case shall abate.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Federal Contested Election Act
Pub. L. 91–138 § 16 · 83 Stat. 284
Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 395
(Pub. L. 91–138, § 16, Dec. 5, 1969, 83 Stat. 290.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 91–138, § 16, Dec. 5, 1969, 83 Stat. 290.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 16. death of contestant In the event of the death of the contestant, the contested election case shall abate.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section applicable with respect to any general or special election for Representative in, or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress of the United States occurring after , see section 19 of Pub. L. 91–138, set out as a note under section 381 of this title.