Prohibition of public meetings on day before or on day of election.

1. (1) No person shall convene, hold or attend any public meeting within any electoral division within twenty-four 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 electoral division.
2. (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. This portion was substituted for “in clause (7), in item (g)” by Mah. 35 of 1963, s. 7(2). Section 27-A was inserted by Mah. 21 of 1994, s. 44. This portion was substituted for “section 171-E or section 171-F of the Indian Penal Code” by Mah. 9 of 1972, s. 4(a). This portion was substituted for the word and figures “section 35” by Mah. 35 of 1963, s. 8. These words were substituted for the words “five years” by Mah. 9 of 1972, s. 4(b). Sections 28-A to 28-D were inserted by Mah. 35 of 1963, s. 9.

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Samitis Act, 1961