140. (1) Where the order of the court determining the trial of a petition declares that a person was not duly elected as a representative to the Parliament, or was not qualified for election under this Act as a representative in the Parliament, or that the whole or part of a European election was void, the person to whom the declaration relates, or any person declared to be elected at such void election or void part of such election (as the case may be) shall, as and from the date of the said order, cease to be a representative in the Parliament.

(2) Where an order mentioned in paragraph (1) declares that, in the place of any person declared by the order not to have been duly elected or not to have been eligible for election under this Act to the Parliament, a specified other person was ascertained to have been elected, that other person shall, as and from the date of the said order, stand elected as a representative to the Parliament.