444. If the return and the statement prescribed by section 433 or 436 are not filed within the period fixed, the candidate or party leader, as the case may be, becomes, ten days after the expiry of the period prescribed, disqualified to sit or to vote in the National Assembly until the return and statement have been filed.
However, a judge, by order, on a motion made before the candidate or party leader is disqualified from sitting or voting, may allow him to continue to sit or vote for an additional period of not more than 30 days.