IPC § 171D · Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Repealed on 1 July 2024
Section 171D IPC — Personation at elections
Replaced from 1 July 2024 by BNS 172 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. Offences committed on or before 30 June 2024 are still charged under the IPC.
The law now: BNS 172 — Personation at elections
Whoever at an election applies for a voting paper on votes in the name of any other person, whether living or dead, or in a fictitious name, or who having voted once at such election applies at the same election for a voting paper in his own name, and whoever abets, procures or attempts to procure the voting by any person in any such way, commits the offence of personation at an election:.
Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to a person who has been authorised to vote as proxy for an elector under any law for the time being in force in so far as he votes as a proxy for such elector.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text. BNS 172 in full