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| (1) A person who is a candidate at an election, or is the agent of such candidate, shall not have
| | (a) during the period commencing from the day of nomination at such election and ending on the day immediately following the date on which a poll is taken at such election, any election office, other than one notified central election office in each electoral district, and one notified branch election office in each polling district; | | |
| | (b) during the period commencing on the day immediately preceding the date of such poll and ending on the day immediately following such date, any election office, other than one notified central election office in each electoral district and one notified branch election office in each polling division. | | |
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| (2) The use of the ordinary place of residence of any candidate or his authorized agent as an election office shall be deemed not to be a contravention of the provisions of subsection (1). |
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| (3) Every person who contravenes the provisions of sub section (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred rupees, or to Imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding one month or to both such fine and imprisonment. |
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| (4) Every person who attempts to commit any offence specified in this section shall be liable to the punishment prescribed for that offence. |
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| (5) A prosecution for an offence under this section shall not be instituted without the sanction of the Attorney- General. |
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| (6) For the purposes of this section, the term " notified ", in relation to any election office, means notified to the officer in charge of the police station for the area, and the returning officer for the electoral district, in which that office is situated, before such office is established. |
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