Section 18B
Circumstances which do not make an election invalid
of Societies Act 1966 (Revised - 2021)
No election in any political party shall be invalid by reason of any failure to comply with any provision of the political party’s constitution or any rules or regulations made under the constitution, or the participation in such election by any person who is disqualified from being a member or office-bearer under this Act or the constitution of the political party, if it appears to the political party or any person authorized by it or by its constitution or rules or regulations made under the constitution, that the result of the election would have remained the same had there not been any failure to comply with any such provision, or had the said person not participated in such election, as the case may be.
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Where a person who is disqualified under this Act or the constitution of a political party is elected to any post in any election of the political party, such political party shall, upon discovery of his disqualification, notwithstanding the validity of the election pursuant to subsection (1), give effect to his disqualification and conduct a fresh election in respect of that post as soon as practical in accordance with its constitution, rules and regulations.