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[Cites 0, Cited by 0] [Section 60] [Entire Act]

State of Punjab - Subsection

Section 60(2) in The Punjab State Election Commission Act, 1994

(2)The Election Commission shall, on the receipt of a report from the Returning Officer under sub-section (1), and after taking all material circumstances into account, either-
(a)declare that the poll at that place shall be void and appoint a day, and fix the hours for taking fresh poll at that place and notify the date so appointed and hours so fixed in such manner as it may deem fit; or
(b)if satisfied that in view of the large number of places involved in booth capturing, the result of the election is likely to be affected, or that booth capturing had affected counting of votes in such a manner as to affect the result of the election; countermand the election in that constituency.
Explanation.- In this section, the expression "booth capturing" shall have the same meaning as is assigned to it in section 123.