Section 179: Adversely affecting the interests of candidate
The Elections Act, 2017 · Federal Acts · X · in_force
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179. Adversely affecting the interests of candidate.—A person is guilty of adversely affecting the interests of any person as a candidate if he, as a proposer or seconder, or in a fictitious name as a proposer or seconder, wilfully does any act which he is prohibited by law from doing, or omits to do any act which he is required by law to do, or makes any entry in a Form which is not correct, or subscribes to a Form a signature which is not genuine.
Effective date: 2017-10-02
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