Section 53: Expenditure incurred by candidate
consolidated text (as at 2016, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
53. Expenditure incurred by candidate
(1) No payment shall be made by any candidate to a person other than
his agent in connection with his candidature at an election except—
(a) expenditure for the candidate’s personal living expenses during
the period of the election to an amount not exceeding 25,000
rupees; and
(b) petty expenditure to an amount not exceeding 2,500 rupees.
(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to a candidate who is his own official
agent.
[S. 53 amended by Act 23 of 1989.]