Failure to keep election accounts
Full Text
177. Failure to keep election accounts.
Whoever being required by any law for the time being in force or any rule having the force of law to keep accounts of expenses incurred at or in connection with an election fails to keep such accounts shall be punished with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees.
Plain English Summary
Punishes the failure of candidate or agents to maintain accounts of election expenditures as required by law, with a fine of up to 5,000 rupees.
Key Legal Elements
- Requirement by law or rule to keep election expenditure accounts
- Failure to keep such accounts
- Punishable with a fine of up to 5,000 rupees
Punishment
Fine up to 5,000 rupees
Practical Note
This section works alongside the Representation of the People Act, 1951, which prescribes limits and auditing for campaign spending by contesting candidates.
हिंदी पाठ
177. निर्वाचन लेखा (खर्चों का हिसाब) रखने में असफलता।
जो कोई किसी तत्समय प्रवृत्त विधि द्वारा या विधि का बल रखने वाले किसी नियम द्वारा इसके लिए अपेक्षित होते हुए कि वह किसी निर्वाचन में या उसके संबंध में किए गए व्ययों का लेखा रखे, ऐसा लेखा रखने में असफल रहेगा, वह जुर्माने से, जो पांच हजार रुपये तक का हो सकेगा, दंडित किया जाएगा।