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Bar to hold more than one office.- If a person who is chosen as member of a municipality becomes a Member of the House of the People, the Council of State, the State Legislative Assembly or the Councillor of the Municipal Corporation or is or becomes an office-bearer of a Panchayat then at the expiration of a period of fifteen days from the date of publication of the election result or, as the case may be, within fifteen days from the date of the commencement of term of office of a Member of the House of People, the Council of States or the State Legislative Assembly or the Councillor of a Municipal Corporation or the office-bearer of a Panchayat his seat in a municipality shall become vacant unless he has previously resigned his seat in the House of People, the Council of States, the State Legislative Assembly, the Municipal Corporation or the Panchayat, as the case may be. 1[l7-A. Account of election expenses and maximum 2[limit] thereof.- (1) Every candidate at an election shall, either by himself or by his election agent 3[or by any other person with his authority, consent or knowledge], keep a separate and correct account of all expenditure in connection with the election incurred or authorised by him or by election agent 4[or by any other person with his authority, consent or knowledge] between the date on which he has been nominated and the date of declaration of the result thereof, both dates inclusive. (2) The account shall contain such particulars, as may be prescribed by the State Government in consultation with the State Election Commission. (3) The total of the said expenditure shall not exceed such amount as may be prescribed by the State Government in consultation with the State Election Commission. 17-B. Lodging of account.- Every contesting candidate at an election shall, within thirty days from the date of election of the returned candidate or, if there are more than one returned candidates at the election and the dates of their election are different, the later of those two dates, lodge with the officer, as may be appointed by the State Election Commission, and account of his election expenses which shall be a true copy of the account kept by him or his election agent 5[or by any other person with his authority, consent or knowledge] under section 17-A.] 1 Sections 17-A and 17-B ins. vide Act No. 11 of 1995 effective w.e.f. 1.8.1995. 2 Ins. vide Act No. 23 of 2000. 3 Ins. vide Act No. 23 of 2000. 4 Ins. vide Act No. 23 of 2000. 5 Ins. vide Act No. 23 of 2000.