Form 69.5 
 
Form of notice of the presentation of an election petition and of the nature of the proposed security 
 
Representation of the People Act 1983 

Date:  (insert date of posting or other method of intimation) 
 
To: (name and address) 

TAKE NOTICE 
 
(1)  That, under the Representation of the People Act 1983 and rule 69.3 of the Rules of the Court of Session 1994, a petition has been presented to the Court of Session, Edinburgh touching the election of a Member of Parliament [or representative to the European Parliament or Member of the Scottish Parliament] for the (place), of which petition the foregoing is a full copy, and that you are named therein as a respondent.   
 
(2)  That the security which has been given in terms of Section 136 of the above Act is in the form of a bond of caution to the amount of £ granted by [A.B.] and [C.D.] (names, designations and addresses) or by consignation of £ in the Bank of   .  If you desire to object to the above bond of caution in terms of section 136(4) of the above Act, you may do so within [14] days of the date of this notice by lodging the objection in writing in the Petition Department, Court of Session, 2 Parliament Square, Edinburgh EH1 1RQ and sending or delivering a full copy of it to me at the following address (address).   
 
      (Signed) 
 
      Petitioner 
      [or Solicitor [or Agent] for petitioner] 
      (Address)