IPC Section 171H — Illegal payments in connection with an election

Summary

If a person spends money or authorises spending on a public meeting, advertisement, circular, publication, or any other activity to help get a candidate elected, and does so without that candidate’s written permission (either general or specific), that person can be fined up to five hundred rupees.

Official Text

Whoever without the general or special authority in writing of a candidate incurs or authorizes expenses on account of the holding of any public meeting, or upon any advertisement, circular or publication, or in any other way whatsoever for the purpose of promoting or procuring the election of such candidate, shall be punished with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees;

Related Judgments

• both Was/Petitioner vs 1.The Chief Electoral Officer, — Madras High Court (2018)
• SMT. INDIRA NEHRU GANDHI v. SHRI RAJ NARAIN — Supreme Court of India (1976)
• KRISHNAMOORTHY v. SIVAKUMAR & ORS. 989 — Supreme Court of India (2015)
• GENOA SINGH AND ORS v. STATE OF U.P — Supreme Court of India (2008)
• ANKUSH MARUTI SHINDE AND OTHERS v. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA — Supreme Court of India (2019)
• ASHOK KUMAR v. U.0.1 — Supreme Court of India (1991)
• S.C.R. 276 STATE OF HARYANA v. SHAKUNTLA AND ORS — Supreme Court of India (2012)
• in Crl.R.C(MD)No.676 of 2013 /A2 vs State, — Madras High Court ()

Old <-> New Code Mapping

• BNS §176 — Illegal payments in connection with an election