Act Number: 43

Act Name: The Representation of the People Act, 1951

Year: 1951

Enactment Date: 1951-07-17

Long Title: An Act to provide for the conduct of elections to the Houses of Parliament and to the House or Houses of the Legislature of each State, the qualifications and disqualifications for membership of those Houses, the corrupt practices and other offences at or in connection with such elections and the decision of doubts and disputes arising out of or in connection with such elections.

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Legislative Department

Section 79: Definitions.
    In this Part and in 1[Part VII] unless the context otherwise requires,—
     2[(a) any reference to a High Court or to the Chief Justice or Judge of a High Court shall, in relation to a Union territory having a Court of the Judicial Commissioner, be construed as a reference to the said Court of the Judicial Commissioner or to the Judicial Commissioner or any Additional Judicial Commissioner, as the case may be;]
     3[(b) "candidate" means a person who has been or claims to have been duly nominated as a candidate at any election;]
     (c) "costs" means all costs, charges and expenses of, or incidental to, a trial of an election petition;
     (d) "electoral right" means the right of a person to stand or not to stand as, or 4[to withdraw or not to withdraw] from being, a candidate, or to vote or refrain from voting at an election;
     5[(e) "High Court" means the High Court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the election to which the election petition relates has been held;]
     (f) "returned candidate" means a candidate whose name has been published under section 67 as duly elected.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 47 of 1966, s. 37, for "Parts VII and VIII" (w.e.f. 14-12-1966).
2. Ins. by s. 37, ibid. (w.e.f. 14-12-1966).
3. Subs. by Act 40 of 1975, s. 7, for clause (b) (w.e.f. 6-8-1975).
4. Subs. by Act 47 of 1966, s. 37, for "to withdraw" (w.e.f. 14-12-1966).
5. Subs. by s. 37, ibid., for clause (e) (w.e.f. 14-12-1966).
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