Section 19
Expenses in excess of maximum to be illegal practice
Subject to such exception as may be allowed in pursuance of this Act, no sum shall be paid and no expense shall be incurred by a candidate at an election or by his election agent, after the
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date of publication of the notice of the election in the Gazette, during or after an election, on account of or in respect of the conduct or management of such election, in excess of—
(a)
two hundred thousand ringgit in the case of an election to the Dewan Rakyat;
(b)
one hundred thousand ringgit in the case of an election to a Legislative Assembly;
(c)
ten thousand ringgit in the case of an election to a local authority other than a local council;
(d)
three thousand ringgit in the case of an election to a local council:
Provided that paragraphs (c) and (d) shall have no application in Sabah and Sarawak.
(2)
Any candidate or election agent who knowingly acts in contravention of this section shall be guilty of an illegal practice.