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(1) No election shall be called in question except by an election petition presented in such manner as may be prescribed and before such authority as may be appointed by the Government, from time to time, by notification in the Official Gazette: Provided that no person below the rank of Assistant District Judge, in case of member of Village Council and District Judge, within the meaning of Article 236 of the Constitution, in case of member of the General Council, shall be appointed for the purpose. (2). No election shall be called into question except on anyone or more of the following grounds, namely (a) that on the date of his election the returned candidate was not qualified or was disqualified to be chosen to fill the seat in the Village Council or the General Council, as the case may be; (b) that corrupt practice has been committed by a returned candidate or his election agent or by any other person with the consent of the returned candidate or his election agent. For this purpose, ‘corrupt practice’ shall mean Central Act any of the corrupt practices specified in section 4 3 ^gg^ 123 of the Representation of Peoples Act,