<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="id32da9b29-c209-11e6-a672-9c11a185633e" identifier="/us/usc/t2/s395"><num value="395">§ 395.</num><heading> Death of contestant</heading><content>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">In the event of the death of the contestant, the contested election case shall abate.</p>
</content><sourceCredit id="id32da9b2a-c209-11e6-a672-9c11a185633e">(<ref href="/us/pl/91/138">Pub. L. 91–138</ref>, § 16, <date date="1969-12-05">Dec. 5, 1969</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/83/290">83 Stat. 290</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="effectiveDate" id="id32da9b2c-c209-11e6-a672-9c11a185633e"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Effective Date</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">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 <date date="1969-12-05">Dec. 5, 1969</date>, see <ref href="/us/pl/91/138/s19">section 19 of Pub. L. 91–138</ref>, set out as a note under <ref href="/us/usc/t2/s381">section 381 of this title</ref>.</p>
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