Legal glossary
“candidate”
Defined in 3 Acts. A definition holds for the Act that gives it; the same word can mean something else in another Act.
The Finance Commission (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1951 · s. 79
(b) "candidate" means a person who has been or claims to have been duly nominated as a candidate at any election;]
Read section 79The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024 · s. 2
(a) "candidate" means a person who has been granted permission by the public examination authority to appear in public examination and includes a person authorised to act as a scribe on his behalf in the public examination;
Read section 2The Representation of the People Act, 1951 · s. 79
(b) "candidate" means a person who has been or claims to have been duly nominated as a candidate at any election;]
Read section 79