Section 171AState of Jammu-Kashmir Act
Section 171A: "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 and includes a person who, when an election is in contemplation, holds himself out as a prospective candidate thereat; provided that he is subsequently nominated as a candidate at such 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 from voting at an election.Previous
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