79. Definitions
In this Part and in [Part VII] unless the context otherwise requires,—
[(a) any reference to a High Court or to the Chief Justice or Judge of a High Court shall, in relation to a Union territory having a Court of the Judicial Commissioner, be construed as a reference to the said Court of the Judicial Commissioner or to the Judicial Commissioner or any Additional Judicial Commissioner, as the case may be;] [(b) "candidate" means a person who has been or claims to have been duly nominated as a candidate at any election;]
"costs" means all costs, charges and expenses of, or incidental to, a trial of an election petition;
"electoral right" means the right of a person to stand or not to stand as, or [to withdraw or not to withdraw] from being, a candidate, or to vote or refrain from voting at an election;
[(e) "High Court" means the High Court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the election to which the election petition relates has been held;]
"returned candidate" means a candidate whose name has been published under section 67 as duly elected.
Amendment notes (5)
- Subs w.e.f. 14-12-1966 . Subs. by Act 47 of 1966, s. 37, for "Parts VII and VIII" (w.e.f. 14-12-1966).
- Ins w.e.f. 14-12-1966 . Ins. by s. 37, ibid. (w.e.f. 14-12-1966).
- Subs w.e.f. 6-8-1975 . Subs. by Act 40 of 1975, s. 7, for clause (b) (w.e.f. 6-8-1975).
- Subs w.e.f. 14-12-1966 . Subs. by Act 47 of 1966, s. 37, for "to withdraw" (w.e.f. 14-12-1966).
- Subs w.e.f. 14-12-1966 . Subs. by s. 37, ibid., for clause (e) (w.e.f. 14-12-1966).