EE Order 2

Section 2 · Definitions and interpretation

- In this order, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a)

"Act" means the Chhattisgarh Municipal Corporation Act, 1956 (No. 23 of 1956) or the Chhattisgarh Municipalities Act, 1961 (

No. 37 of 1961

), as the case may be;

(b)

"Candidate" means a person who has been duly nominated as a candidate at an election to the office of Mayor of a Municipal Corporation or President of a Municipal Council or a Nagar Panchayat;

(c)

"Sub-paragraph" means a sub-paragraph of the paragraph in which the word occurs;

(d)

"Paragraph" means a paragraph of this order;

(e)

"Election" means an election to the office of Mayor of a Municipal Corporation or President of a Municipal Council or Nagar Panchayat;

(f)

"Contesting candidate" means a person who has been duly nominated as a candidate at an election to the office of Mayor of a Municipal Corporation or President of a Municipal Council or Nagar Panchayat and who has not withdrawn his candidature within the period specified in the election rules;

(g)

"Election expense" means any expenditure incurred or authorised by a candidate or his election agent in connection with an election during the period between the dates on which he has been nominated and the date on which result thereof has been declared (both days inclusive);

(h)

"Proforma" means a 'Proforma' appended to this Order;

(i)

The words and expressions used, which have not been defined in this Order shall carry the meaning assigned to them in the Chhattisgarh Municipal Corporation Act, 1956 (No. 23 of 1956) or the Chhattisgarh Municipalities Act, 1961 (

No. 37 of 1961

) or the Chhattisgarh Nagarpalika Nirvachan Niyam, 1994, as the case may be.

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