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Election Act 2017 Mcqs

Which section of the Elections Act 2017 authorises ECP to ‘extend polling hours already fixed’?

Which section of the Elections Act 2017 authorises ECP to ‘extend polling hours already fixed’?

A. Section 82
B. Section 70
C. Section 72
D. Section 78

Section 70. Hours of the poll.— The Commission shall fix the hours, which shall not be less than eight, during which the poll shall be held and the Returning Officer shall give public notice of the hours so fixed and hold the poll according to the hours fixed by the Commission: Provided that the Commission may extend polling hours already fixed at one or more polling stations in exceptional circumstances to be recorded in writing but such decision shall be taken at least three hours before the close of the poll enabling the Returning Officer to convey the decision of the Commission to all Presiding Officers under his jurisdiction well before the time already fixed for close of the poll.

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Election Act 2017 Mcqs

Under Section 177, a person is guilty of canvassing in or near a polling station if he is within a radius of how many meters of a polling station?

Under Section 177, a person is guilty of canvassing in or near a polling station if he is within a radius of how many meters of a polling station?

A. Six hundred
B. Five hundred
C. Eight hundred
D. Four hundred

Section 177 – Canvassing in or near the polling station.—
A person is guilty of canvassing in or near a polling station if he, on the polling day:
(a) within a radius of four hundred meters of a polling station— (i) canvasses for votes; (ii) solicits the vote of any voter; (iii) persuades any voter not to vote at the election or for a particular candidate; or
(b) exhibits, except with the permission of the Returning Officer and at a place reserved for the candidate or his election agent beyond the radius of one hundred meters of the polling station, any notice, sign or flag designed to encourage the voters to vote or discourage the voters from voting, for any contesting candidate.

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Election Act 2017 Mcqs