Personation at elections
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Summary
Applying for a voting paper in someone else’s name (living or dead), in a fictitious name, or applying twice at the same election in your own name is an offence. Helping, procuring, or attempting to get someone to vote in any of these ways is also an offence. Such conduct is the offence of personation at an election.
Example
Priya goes to her polling station and applies for a voting paper in her neighbour’s name because the neighbour is away. She also asks Karan to cast a vote in a made-up name. Under this rule Priya has committed personation at an election, and so has anyone who helped her do it.
Bare Act
Enacted textWhoever at an election applies for a voting paper on votes in the name of any other person, whether living or dead, or in a fictitious name, or who having voted once at such election applies at the same election for a voting paper in his own name, and whoever abets, procures or attempts to procure the voting by any person in any such way, commits the offence of personation at an election.
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