Definition of "corrupt practice"

A person shall be deemed to have committed a corrupt practice who directly or indirectly, by himself or by any other person-- (i) induces or attempts to induce by fraud, intentional misrepresentation, coercion, threat of injury, any voter to give or to refrain from giving a vote in favour of any candidate; (ii) with a view to inducing any voter to give or to refrain from giving a vote in favour of any candidate, offers or gives any money, or valuable consideration or any place or consideration or any place or valuable consideration or any place or employment, or holds out any promise of individual advantage or profit to any person; (iii) gives or procures the giving of a vote in the name of a voter who is not the person giving such vote; (iv) abets (within the meaning of the Indian Penal Code) the doing of any of the acts specified in clause (i), (ii) or (iii); or (v) commits any of the practices specified in section 123 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. EXPLANATION: A "promise of individual advantage or profit to any person" includes a promise for the benefit of the person himself, or of anyone in whom he is interested, but does not include a promise to vote for or against any particular municipal measure.