Section 82State of Maharashtra Act

Section 82: Prohibition of canvassing in or near polling station

Maharashtra Co-operative Societies (Election to Committee) Rules, 2014

Prohibition of canvassing in or near polling station.

- No person shall, on the date or dates on which a poll is taken at any polling station, commit any of the following acts within the polling station or in any public or private place within a distance of one hundred meters of the polling station, namely :

(a)

Canvassing for votes; or

(b)

Soliciting the vote of any elector; or

(c)

Persuading any elector not to vote for any particular candidate; or

(d)

Persuading any elector not to vote at the election; or

(e)

Exhibiting any notice or sign (other than an official notice) relating to the election.

Sec 81 — Officers, etc., at elections not to act for candidates or to influence voting

Sec 83 — Penalty for disorderly conduct in or near polling stations

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