19. Avoidance of election ov election petition
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The election of a candidate to the office of
President shall be declared to be void on an election petition on any of the following grounds which may be proved to the satisfaction of the Supreme Court, namely :—
that the offence of bribery or undue influence at the election has been committed by the candidate who has been returned or by any person with the know-ledge and on behalf of the candidate who has been returned ; or
that the result of the election has been materially affected—
by reason that the offence of bribery or undue influence at the election has been committed by any person who is neither the candidate who has been returned nor a person acting with his knowledge and on his behalf; or
by the improper reception or refusal of a vote, or
by any non-compliance with the provisions of the Constitution or of this Act; or
that the nomination of any candidate has been wrongly rejected.
For the purposes of subsection (1), the offences of bribery and undue influence at an election shall have the same meaniag as in the Parliamentary Elections Act, 1981.
Punishment