The 1[District Judge] may declare any candidate found to have committed any corrupt practice to be incapable, for any period not exceeding five years, of being elected as a member of the Municipality or of being appointed or retained in any office or place in the gift or disposal of the Municipality :
[Provided that no such declaration shall be made about any candidate who was not a party to the election petition or who was not given an opportunity of being heard under section 26.]
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- 1.Subs. by sec. 15, 16, 17 of U.P. Act no. 17 of 1982.