In force · As amended up to 2026-08
21. Finality of decisions.— (1) An order of the court of the district judge on an election petition shall be final and conclusive.
(2) An election of a councillor[1] * not called in question in accordance with the foregoing provisions shall be deemed to be a good and valid election.
Corrupt practices and electoral offences
21. Manufacturing, parching, packing, pressing, cleanings, cleansing, boiling, melting, grinding or preparing by any process whatever any of the following articles .—
- (i) Aerated waters.
- (ii) Bakelite goods.
- (iii) Bidis (indigenous cigarettes), snuff, cigars or cigarettes.
- (iv) Bitumen.
- (v) Blasting powder.
- (vi) Bones.
- (vii) Bricks or tiles by hand power.
- (viii) Bricks or tiles by mechanical power.
- (ix) Brushes.
- (x) Candles.
- (xi) Catgut.
- (xii) Celluloid or celluloid goods.
- (xiii) Cement concrete designs or models.
- (xiv) Charcoal.
- (xv) Chemicals.
- (xvi) Cinematograph films stripping in connection with any trade.
- (xvii) Cosmetics or toilet goods.
(xviii) Cotton, cotton refuse, cotton waste, cotton yarn, silk, silk yarn, silk inclusive of waste yarn, art silk, art silk waste, art silk yarn, wool or woollen refuse or waste.
- (xix) Cotton seeds.
(xx) Dammar.
- (xxi) Dynamite
- (xxii) Fat.
- (xxiii) Fireworks.
- (xxiv) Flax.
(xxv) Ink for printing, writing, stamping, etc.
- (xxvi) Gas
- (xxvii) Ghee.
- (xxviii) Glass or glass articles.
(xxix) Gunpowder.
(xxx) Hemp.
(xxxi) Ice (including dry ice.)
(xxxii) Insecticide or disinfectants.
(xxxiii) Leather cloth or rexine cloth or water proof cloth.
(xxxiv) Lime.
(xxxv) Linseed oil.
(xxxvi) Matches for lighting (including Bengal matches.)
(xxxvii) Mattresses and pillows.
(xxxviii) Offal.
(xxxix) Oil-cloth.
- (xl) Oil other than petroleum (either by mechanical power or by hand power or ghani driven by bullock or any other animal).
- (xli) Pharmaceutical or medical products.
(xlii) Rubber or rubber goods.
(xliii) Paints.
(xliv) Paper or cardboard.
(xlv) Pickers from hides.
(xlvi) Pitch.
(xlvii) Plastic goods.
(xlviii) Pottery by hand power.
(xlix) Pottery by mechanical or any power other than hand power.
(l) Sanitary-ware or china-ware.
(li) Soap.
(lii) Sugar.
(liii) Sweetmeat and confectionery goods.
(liv) Tallow.
(lv) Tar.
(lvi) Varnishes.
- (lvii) Wooden furniture, boxes, barrels, khokas, or other articles of wood or of plywood or of sandalwood.
PART II
ARTICLES WHICH MAY NOT BE STORED IN ANY PREMISES WITHOUT A LICENCE
1. Asafoetida.
2. Ashes.
3. Bamboos.
4. Bidi leaves.
5. Blasting powder.
6. Blood.
7. Bones, bone meal or bone powder.
8. Camphor.
9. Carbide of calcium.
10. Cardboard.
11. Celluloid or celluloid goods.
12. Charcoal.
13. Chemicals, liquid.
14. Chemicals, non-liquid.
15. Chillies.
16. Chlorate mixture.
17. Cinematograph films-non-inflammable or a acetate or safety base.
18. Cloth in pressed bales or boras.
19. Cloth or clothes of cotton, wool, silk, art silk, etc.
20. Coal.
21. Coconut fibre.
22. Coke.
Source: India Code