Personation at elections

What this section does

This section defines the offence of personation at elections, which covers applying for a voting paper in another person's name (living, dead, or fictitious), voting twice under one's own name, or abetting such conduct. Authorised proxy voters acting within the law are expressly exempted.

AI-generated plain-language summary. For the binding statutory text, see India Code (official).

Ingredients (what prosecution must prove)

1. The accused applied for a voting paper in the name of another person (living, dead, or fictitious) at an election, OR having already voted once, applied again in their own name at the same election
2. Alternatively, the accused abetted, procured, or attempted to procure voting by any person in any such manner
3. The act was not done as an authorised proxy under any law in force

Derived from IPC s.171D.