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The Representation of the People Order, 1972 (President's Order)

Section 13ASection 13A

In forceChapter III ELECTION

Chapter III ELECTION

s. 13A

13A [(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Order, no person may at the same time be a candidate for more than [three] constituencies. [***] (3) If a person is at the same time a candidate for more than [three] constituencies, all his nomination papers in respect of all the constituencies shall be void].

  1. 76. Article 13A was inserted by section 2 of the Representation of the People (Third Amendment) Ordinance, 1986 (Ordinance No. XVIII of 1986)
  2. 77. The word “three” was substituted for the word “five” by section 7 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
  3. 78. Clause (2) was omitted by section 7 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
  4. 79. The word “three” was substituted for the word “five” by section 7 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).

End of s. 13A. Not in the index for this Act: Authentic Bangla Text (official Bengali text, PDF only); Authentic Bangla Text (official Bengali text, PDF only).

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