Section 61: Questioning of election of 1Mayor or 2 * * *

The Uttar Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1959State Act of Uttar Pradesh · Act 2 of 1959

(1) The election of a person as [Mayor] or [* * *] may be questioned by any unsuccessful candidate or by any person whose nomination paper was rejected or by any member of the [Corporation] by presenting a petition to the District Judge exercising jurisdiction in the City on any one or more of the grounds mentioned in section 71.

(2) The petition shall be presented within seven days of the declaration of the result of election.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Uttar Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1959
Section	61
Marginal note	Questioning of election of 1Mayor or 2 * * *
Jurisdiction	State of Uttar Pradesh
Status	In force as published by the source

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Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

substituted. Subs. by sec. 2 of by U. P. Act no. 16 of 2004.
omitted. Omit. by sec. 8 of U. P. Act no. 49 of 2007.
substituted. Subs. by sec. 3 of U. P. Act no. 12 of 1994

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