section 29
Person convicted of election offences disqualified for voting and for
The Odisha Municipal Act, 1950Infrastructure1950409 sections
Statutory text
being elected :— Every person, convicted of an offence punishable under this Chapter or under Chapter IX-A of Indian Penal Code (XLV of 1860), shall be disqualified from voting or from being elected in any election to which this Act applies or from holding ![the office of 2[* * *] a Councillor] of a municipality for a period of *[four years] from the date of his conviction or for such shorter period as the Court may, by order, determine. I. Substituted by the Orissa Act 22 of 1978, w.e.f. 26.07.1978.
2 Omitted by the Orissa Act 11 of 1994, w.e.f. 31.05.1994.
3 Substituted by the Orissa Act 16 of 1968, w.e.f. 01.08.1968.
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