4.—(1) A petition shall be in the form set out in the Schedule to these Rules or a form to the like effect with such variations as the circumstances may require, and shall state—
(a)in which of the capacities mentioned in section 108(1) of the Act the petitioner or each of the petitioners presents the petition;
(b)the date and result of the election to which the petition relates;
(c)in the case of a petition mentioned in subsection (2) or (3) of section 109 of the Act, the date from which the time for the presentation of the petition is to be calculated; and
(d)the grounds on which relief is sought, setting out with sufficient particularity the facts relied on but not the evidence by which they are to be proved;
and shall conclude with a prayer setting out particulars of the relief claimed.
(2) The petition shall be presented by filing it and at the same time leaving three copies at the election petitions office.