Disputed Elections (Prime Minister and Speaker) Act : Effect of orders of Authority. Indian Bare Acts

Disputed Elections (Prime Minister and Speaker) Act,1977

Act No : 16

Section : Effect of orders of Authority.

23. Effect of orders of Authority. (1) An order made by an Authority under this Act shall take effect as soon as it is pronounced by the Authority. (2) Where by an order under section 16 the election of a returned candidate is declared to be void, acts and proceedings in which that returned candidate has, before the date thereof, participated as a member of Parliament or, as the Prime Minister or as the Speaker of the House of the People shall not be invalidated by reason of that order, nor shall such candidate be subjected to any liability or penalty on the ground of such participation.