Representation of the People Act, 1951 · Chapter II: Candidates and Their Agents
Section 40: Election agents
A candidate at an election may appoint in the prescribed manner any one person other than himself to be his election agent and when any such appointment is made, notice of the appointment shall be given in the prescribed manner to the returning officer.]
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