Subs. by sec. 74 of U. P. Act No. 09 of 1994. — U. P. ACT No . XXXIII of 1961 ]

6 . Subs. by sec. 74 of U. P. Act No. 09 of 1994. (2) A person shall be deemed to have committed a corrupt practice, who directly or indirectly by himself or by any other person — (i) induces, or attempts to induce, by fraud, intentional misrepresentation, coercion or threat of injury, any voter to give or to refrain from giving a vote in favour of any candidate ; (ii) with a view to inducing any voter to give or to refrain from giving a vote in favour of any candidate, officer or gives any money, or valuable consideration or any place, or employment, or holds out any promise of individual advantage or profit to any person, (iii) gives or procures the giving of a vote in the name of a voter who is not the person giving such vote ; (iv) abets (within the meaning of the Indian Penal Code) the doing of any of the acts specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) ; (v) induces or attempts to induce a candidate or elector to believe that he, or any person in whom he is interested, will become or will be rendered an object of divine displeasure or spiritual censure ; (vi) canvasses on grounds of caste, community, sect or religion ; or (vii) commits such other practice as the State Government may, by rule, prescribe to be a corrupt practice. Explanation — A ―promise of individual advantage or profit to person‖ includes a promise for the benefit of the person himself, or of any one in whom he is interested, but does not include a promise to vote for or against any particular measure in a 1 [Kshettra Panchayat] or 1 [Zila Panchayat ] 2 Resignation of Adhyaksha, 4 [x x x] or member 24. 3[(1) An Adhyaksha, 4 [x x x] or any elected member of the Zila Panchayat may resign his office by writing under his hand addressed, in the case of Adhyaksha, to the State Government, and in other cases to the Adhyaksha, and delivered to the Mukhya Adhikari of the Zila Panchayat. ] (2) The resignation of the Adhyaksha shall take effect on and from the date on which the sanction thereto of the State Government is received in the office of the 1[Zila Panchayat] and the resignation of an Upadhyaksha or member shall take effect on and from the date on which the resignation is accepted by the Adhyaksha 5 [and such Adhyaksha, 4 [x x x] or member shall be deemed to have vacated his office] .

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