The Representation of The People (Amendment) Act, 1996

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The Representation of The People (Amendment) Act, 1996

THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1996 ACT NO. 21 OF 1996

[1st August, 1996.]

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Forty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

An Act further to amend the Representation of the People Act, 1950 and the Representation of the People Act, 1951.

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PRILIMINARY

CHAPTER I

PRELIMINARY

1.

Short title and commencement.

1. Short title and commencement. (1) This Act may be called the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1996.

(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

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AMENDMENT OF THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE

CHAPTER II

AMENDMENT OF THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE

2.

Amendment of section 32.

2. Amendment of section 32. In the Representation of the People Act, 1950, in section 32, in sub-section (1), for the words "with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees', the words "with imprisonment for a term which ...

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