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Section 171-A- Candidate, Electoral right defined

"Candidate", "Electoral right" defined

For the purposes of this Chapter-

*[(a) "Candidate" means a person who has been nominated as a candidate at any election;]

(b) "Electoral right" means the right of a person to stand, or not to stand as, or to withdraw from being, a candidate or to vote or refrain form voting at an election.

* Subs. by Act 40 of 1975, sec. 9, for clause (a). (w.e.f. 6-8-2023)

     
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