Section 11B of Representation Of The People Act - Removal of disqualifications

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- [(1)] If any person, after the commencement of this Act,-
[*] is convicted of an offence punishable under section 171-E or section 171-F of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (45 of 1860), or under section 125 or section 135 or clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 136 of this Act, [*]
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he shall, for a period of six years from the date of the conviction or from the date on which the order takes effect, be disqualified for voting at any election.
[(2) Any person disqualified by a decision of the President under sub-section (1) of section 8-A for any period shall be disqualified for the same period for voting at any election.
(3) The decision of the President on a petition submitted by any person under sub-section (2) of section 8-A, in respect of any disqualification for being chosen as, and for being, a member of either House of Parliament or of the Legislative Assembly or Legislative Council of a State shall, so far as may be, apply in respect of the disqualification for voting at any election incurred by him under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 11-A of this Act as it stood immediately before the commencement of the Election Laws (Amendment) Act, 1975 (40 of 1975), as if such decision were a decision in respect of the said disqualification for voting also.]

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