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What is a corrupt practice.— A person shall be deemed to have committed a corrupt practice within the meaning of section 33,— (i) who, with a view to including any voter to give or to refrain from giving a vote in favour of any candidate, offers or gives any money or valuable consideration, or holds out any promise of individual profit or holds out any threat of injury, to any person; or (ii) who gives, procures or abets the giving of a vote in the name of a voter who is not the person giving such vote; or (iii) who hires or procures, whether on payment or otherwise, any vehicle or vessel for the conveyance of any voter to, or from, any polling station: Provided that— (a) the hiring of a vehicle or vessel by a candidate for himself or his family or an election agent shall not be deemed to be a corrupt practice under this section; (b) the hiring of a vehicle by a voter or by several voters at their joint cost for the purpose of conveying him or them, to, or from, any such polling station shall not be deemed to be corrupt practice under this section, if the vehicle or vessel so hired is a vehicle or vessel not propelled by mechanical power; (c) the use of any public transport vehicle or vessel or any tram-car or railway carriage by any voter at his own cost for the purpose of going to, or coming from, any such polling station shall not be deemed to be a corrupt practice under this section. And a corrupt practice shall be deemed to have been committed by a candidate, if it has been committed with his knowledge and consent with reference to the election. Explanation.— The expression “a promise of individual profit”— (i) does not include a promise to vote for or against any particular measure which may come before the corporation for consideration, but 1 The words “the Commissioner” were deleted by Mah. 41 of 1994, s. 25(b). 78 The Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act [1888 : III (ii) subject thereto, includes a promise for the benefit of the person himself or any person in whom he is interested.