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Local Authorities (Imposition Of Civic Disabilities) (No. 1) Law (No. 1 Law ) - Sect 6

Offences under this Law

6. Every person disqualified under this Law who-
(a) applies to be registered as a voter in any electoral list In respect of any local authority ;
(b) votes at an election of any member of any local authority ;
(c) signifies his consent to be nominated as a candidate at the election of any member of any local authority;
(d) sits and votes as a member of any local authority ;
(e) accepts the office or acts in the capacity of a judicial officer, State officer or employee of the Local Government Service, any local authority or any scheduled institution ;
(f) consents to be nominated for election, or accepts appointment, or accepts nomination, as a member of any scheduled institution or the governing body thereof,
shall be guilty of an offence, and shall, on conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding three months or to both such fine and imprisonment.


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