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Corrupt practices :– A person shall be deemed to have committed a corrupt practice who directly or indirectly by himself or by any other person– (a) induces, or attempts to induce by fraud, intentional misrepresentation, coercion or threat of injury, any voter to give or to refrain from giving a vote in favour of any candidate; (b) with a view to including any voter to give or to refrain from giving a vote in favour of any candidate or in consideration of any voter having voted or refrained from voting for any candidate, offers or gives any money or valuable consideration or any place or employment or holds out any promise of individual advantage or profit to any person including a promise of spiritual salvation; (c) induces or attempts to induce a candidate or voter to believe that he or any person in whom he is interested will become or will be rendered an object of divine displeasure or of spiritual censure with a view to influence him in any way in connection with the election; (d) employs, instigates or threatens any form of social boycott of any voter or candidate or of any one in whom such voter or candidate is interested;