Section 82Section 82

s. 82

82 A person is guilty of an offence punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to [five years and shall not be less than one year, and also with fine], if he- (1) interferes or attempts to interfere with an elector when he records his vote; (2) in any manner obtains or attempts to obtain in a polling station information as to the candidate for whom an elector is about to vote or has voted; or (3) communicates at any time any information obtained in a polling station as to the candidate for whom an elector is about to vote or has voted.

1. 226. The words and comma “five years and shall not be less than one year, and also with fine” were substituted for the words and commas “six months, or with fine which may extend to Taka five hundred, or with both” by section 13 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1991 (Act No. X of 1991)