Section 78 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 – Lodging of account with the district election officer

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Section 78: Lodging of account with the district election officer

(1) Every contesting candidate at an election shall, within thirty days from the date of election of the returned candidate or, if there are more than one returned candidate at the election and the dates’ of their election are different, the later of those two dates, lodge with the district election officer an account of his election expenses which shall be a true copy of the account kept by him or by his election agent under section 77.

Source: official text of The Representation of the People Act, 1951 as published on India Code (PDF). All sections of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.

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