Section 76: Election agent

76. Election agent.— 1[(1) A candidate may appoint three voters in the constituency as his election agents and shall send to the Returning Officer a notice in writing of the appointment containing the names, fathers’ names and addresses of the election agents. However, at the time of consolidation of results, only one agent shall be present as authorized by a candidate.] (2) The appointment of an election agent may, at any time be revoked in writing by the candidate and, when it is so revoked or if the election agent dies, the candidate may appoint another person as his election agent. (3) Where a candidate has not appointed an election agent, the candidate shall be deemed to be his own election agent and shall, so far as the circumstances permit, be subject to the provisions of this Act both as a candidate and as an election agent.

Effective date: 2017-10-02

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