Prohibition of public meetings

1[two days before]

preceding the election day and on the election day.- (1) No person shall convene, hold or attend any public meeting within any

2[ward] within

1[forty-eight hours]

before the date of commencement of the poll or on the date or dates on which a poll is taken for an election in that

¹ Substituted by Act 9 of 2001 w.e.f 9.1.2001.

² Substituted by Act 35 of 1994 w.e.f.1.6.1994.

2[ward] .

1. (2) Any person who contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) shall, on conviction, be punished with fine which may extend to two hundred and fifty rupees.