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1. This is the judgment of the Court on costs. The present proceedings involve an election petition which was lodged by the petitioner against the first respondent. The petition was dismissed by Reyes J on 9 April 2009. The petitioner’s appeal from this decision was dismissed by the Court of Appeal on 3 December 2009 on the basis that an appeal was not possible by reason of the finality provision contained in s. 67(3) of the Legislative Council Ordinance Cap. 542 (“the LCO”). The appeal from