Section 79Section 79

s. 79

79 A person is guilty of an offence [punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and shall not be less than six months, and also with fine], if he, within a radius of four hundred yards of the polling station, on the polling day- (1) canvasses for votes; (2) solicits the vote of any elector; (3) persuades any elector not to vote at the election or for a particular candidate; or (4) exhibits, except with the permission of the Returning Officer and as a place reserved for the candidate or his election agent beyond the radius of one hundred yards of the polling station, any notice, sign, banner or flag designed to encourage the electors to vote, or discourage the electors from voting, for any contesting candidate.

1. 217. The words “punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and shall not be less than six months, and also with fine” were substituted for the words “punishable with fine which may extend to Taka two hundred and fifty” by section 10 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1991 (Act No. X of 1991)