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(1) A pcrson shall bc guil~y of an electoral oficrcflcc if at any omcr clccrion he- oKcncrls and penalties [a) iraudulently dclaccs or fraudulen~ly dcslroys any nomination ~hcrcror. paper; or (b) fnudulenrly dcfaccs, destroys or removcs any list, nolice or otherdmumcnt a1fixcd by orunder heaurhoriry ofareturning orficer; or (c) fraudulently defaces orfraudulcntly destroys any ballot pnpcr or the official mark on any ballol pnpcr or any declarauon of jdcn~i~y ar official cnvelopc used in conncclion with voting; or (d) wi~hou~duc authority supplics any ballor paper to any pcrson; or (e) fraudulently puts into any ballor box anything olhcr thin the balIot papcr which he is aulhoriscd by law to put in; or If) without due aulhorily dcswoys, takes, opens or orhenvise interrurcs with any ballot box or ball01 papers [hen in usc For the purposes of the election; or (g) fraudulcnlly or withour duc authority, as the casu may be, alrempts to do any of ~hc iotcgoing ac!s or rvilhlly nids or ahers [hc doing of an!, such acts. The West Bengal hcol Bodies (Electoral Oflerlces atrd Miscellatreorrs Provisio~rs) Act. 1952. [West Ben. Act ': (2) Any person guilty of an electoral orfcncc under [his section shall- (a) i T hc is a re~urning officer or a presiding officer at a polling station orany other officer or clcrkcmpIoycd on official duty in connection wirh [he clcction, be punishable with imprisonmcnl for a tcm which may extend to two ycws or w i ~ h Iinc or wilh bolh; (b) if he is Any othcr pcrson, be punishable with imprisonment for n tcnn which may extend LO six months or ivj th fine or with both. (3) For he purposes of [his scction, a person shall be deemed to bc on official duly if his duly i s to takc part in [he conducr oran clcction or pan ofan election including the counting of voles or ID Bc responsible afier an elcc~ion lor the used ball01 papers and othcr documcms in conneclion wirh such elccBon, bul the expression "official duly" shall not include any duly imposed otherwise than by or underthe 'Ithe Bengal Municipal Act, 1932, '[Ben. Act XV of 1932. or the Calcutta Municipal Corporation Act, 1980. or the Howrah Ben, Municipal Corporation Aci, 1980.1 A C ~ LIX o f