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ELECTORAL AND GOVERNMENTAL CHANGES
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campaign committee of any candidate for any such office, the court before which such action is tried, shall immediately after entering such adjudication of guilty, enter a supplemental judgment declaring such candidate to have forfeited the office in the conduct of the campaign for nomination, or election, to which such member of his personal campaign committee was guilty of such violation, and shall transmit to the filing officer of such candidate a transcript of such supplemental judgment, and thereupon such office shall be deemed vacant and shall be filled as provided by law.

"Congressional and legislative candidates; judgement." 3. If any personal shall, in a criminal action, be adjudicated guilty of any violation of this act, committed while he was a candidate for the office of state senator, member of the assembly, United States senator or representative in congress, or while he was a member of the personal campaign committee of any such candidate, the court, after entering such adjudication of guilty, shall forthwith transmit to the presiding officer of the legislative body as a member of which such officer was a candidate when such violation occurred, a certificate setting forth such adjudication of guilty.

"Criminal court; jurisdiction." 4. Any court having jurisdiction to enter judgment of guilty in any such criminal action is hereby vested with jurisdiction to enter such supplemental judgment, transmit a transcript thereof and issue a certificate as provided in this section.

"Employment of counsel by candidate." Section 94-37. Nothing contained in this act shall prevent any candidate from employing counsel to represent him in any action or proceeding, affecting his rights as a candidate, nor from paying all costs and disbursements necessarily incident thereto. No sum so paid or incurred shall be deemed a part of the campaign expenses of any such candidate.