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THE AN»AMAN AND NICOBAR EXTRAORDINARY GAZETTE, DEC. 8. 1994 -----------------------------------------------~------------------------- HiM. <i,~:. 0+ .i.'}1 ~j 1. / S6. A person shall be' deem~d to have ~ommitted a corr4pt pratice who :dire~tly or Indlrectly~ by himself or by kny othdr person-- . (i) induces or attempts to induce by fraud~ lntentlonal misrepre5entation~ coerClon threat of injury~ anV voter to give or to refr~in from qivinq tI vote in +avour ·0+ any c and t d at e ] (ii) with a view to inducing any voter to give or to retrain from glvinq a vote in iavour 0+ any candidatE~ offers Of gives ~ny money, or valuable consideration or ~ny place or consideration 0r any place 0l valuable consideration Dr any place or em~loyment~ or holds.out ~ny promise of individual ~dvantage or profit to any person; (iii) gives or procures the giving of ~ vote in the name ot • voter wno is not' the person GIving such vote; (iv) abetsl~lthin the meaning of the Indian Penal Code) the doing of. ~ny of the acts specified in cl~lse (i)~(ii) or (iii); or (v ) commits any of the pr at i cs sPficH~ed in section 12~ 0+ the Representation of the People Act, 1951. EXPLANATION A "promiss of individual advantag~ or pr c+i t to any pers()o" inth\des " promise for the benefit of the.person himself, or of anyone in whcm he is interested~ but does not .include a promlse to vote for or aqainst any particular munlclpal measure. ~}.(1) An election petition or any application relating to th~ hearinQ. of an election petitlon shall be presented to the District Judge wlthin seven d~ys fro~ the date on which the result 0+ the election w~s notified and ,shall specified the ground or arounds on which the el~ttion is qUBstioned. and shall contain a summ~ry of the (irCuffistance alle~ed to Justify the e1ectlDn beir'Q que at i oned 00 5Uqh ~ro~lnds. . ~. . .' (2) The pe1ition may be presen~ed by the canditlt~tes in IJhClSe fC'lVour votes have been retorded and 1~ltQ cl a rms in the pat! t i on to be dl.~clared elected in p l ac e of the p ar snn those election is quesliDned~ or by ten Dr mo~e voters of the Municipal krea. (3) The p er-son wl10se election is que: .• tioneu and there the pntitioner claims that any other p c~ndid~te shall be declared elected in plate of such. person, eve~y unsuccessful candidate ~ho h~s polled more VQ~es th~n such other c~ndidate. shall be m~de ~ "espondent to the petition. Definition of "corrupt prOlctice". Forms a.nd presenta'- tioo 0+ election petition. l TIlE ANDAMAN AND MICOllAR EXTRAORDrNARY GAZEITE. DB::. 6, 1994 27 ------,---- Recrimira- tory proceed- lnqs in election disputes. Procedure for hearing election petitions. , ' Finding of Dist- rict Judge, J. ) "